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Man on Wire
Philippe Petit
More than a quarter-century before September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center was immortalized by an act of unprecedented daring and beauty. In August 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit boldly--and illegally--fixed a rope between the tops of the still-young Twin Towers, a quarter mile off the ground. At daybreak, thousands of spectators gathered to watch in awe and adulation as he traversed the rope a full eight times in the course of an hour. In Man on Wire, Petit recounts the six years he spent preparing for this achievement. It is a fitting tribute to those lost-but-not-forgotten symbols of human aspiration--the Twin Towers.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 17, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9781602393325 |
| Publishers | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 231 × 18 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |
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