The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein
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Author: Mordicai GersteinEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-18
ISBN: 0761317910
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Summary of The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
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 2004 Caldecott Medal, the winner of the 2004 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and the winner of the 2006 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.
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