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Man on Wire

About the Book

Man on Wire

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.

Man on Wire
by Philippe Petit

  • Publication Date: November 17, 2008
  • Genres: Nonfiction
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 160239332X
  • ISBN-13: 9781602393325