TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gerstein,Mordicai
TI  - The man who walked between the towers
SN  - 9780312368784
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Roaring Brook Press
KW  - World Trade Center
KW  - New York, NY
KW  - gnd
KW  - Drahtseil
N2  - The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis' 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 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0614/2003009040-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0614/2003009040-d.html
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