The Man Who Walked Between the Towers [SEP] illustrator
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is a children's picture book written and illustrated by American Mordicai Gerstein. Published in 2003, the book recounts the heart-stopping achievement of Philippe Petit, a French man who, on an August morning in 1974, walked, lay, knelt and danced on a tightrope wire between the roofs of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, a quarter mile above the ground. Gerstein won the 2004 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations. The book
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External links.
- Columbia Artists Management Inc. — Philippe Petit
- MSA – The Man Who Walked Between The Towers. Co-produced by Michael Sporn Animation and Weston Woods Studios
- Philippe Petit Signature visible in the 1980s
- photos of Philippe Petit crossing the Twin Towers along with others
- Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire, TED2012, Filmed Mar 2012, Posted May 2012.