Man Who Walked Between Towers
Man Who Walked Between Towers
By Mordicai Gerstein
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The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads-- the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.
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Book details
- Authors
- Mordicai Gerstein
- ISBN
- 9780761317913
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Sep 5, 2003
- Publication year
- 2003
- Pages
- 44
- Dimensions
- 11.0200567 in × 0.35 in × 8.33 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile NonfictionAdventure & AdventurersBiography & AutobiographyHistoricalPerforming ArtsCircus