Mordicai gerstein is the author and illustrator of the man who walked between the towers, winner of the caldecott medal, and has had four books named new york times best illustrated books of the year. Writing in english, phillipe petit brings alive his 1974 high wire walk between the twin towers of the late world trade center. The bridge running between the towers, he said, offers a backup plan that perhaps only a twinned skyscraper or, at least, one very near another tall building. The author of this book has done an awesome job of presenting the history of the towers, from dream to reality, along with the history of what happened to them in. The twin towers the terrorist attacks in america, and the guardian s coverage of them, have led to a substantial increase in our postbag. Beweise fur sprengung des world trade centers seite 51. This book takes you on a journey of a man who decided he wanted to tight rope walk across the twin towers buildings in new york. In 2015, filmmaker robert zemeckis honored the feat in a film called the walk, starring joseph gordonlevitt as petit. The man who walked between the towers is the winner of the 2004 caldecott medal, the winner of the 2004 boston. The real story behind philippe petits world trade center. Philippe petit walks a tightrope between manhattans twin. It is twentyfive years since he secretly stretched a cable between the twin towers of the world trade center and electrified. Philippe petit walks a tightrope between the twin towers in 1974.
The man who walked between the towers is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by american mordicai gerstein. Petit has penned four previous books in french regaling his various exploits, and here establishes an elegantly energetic and quirkily poetic english as he tells of. Twin towers tightrope walker strikes again usa today. A 25yearold french daredevil did a tightrope walk across the top of new york in 1974 on a 1foot cable strung between the 110story twin towers of the world trade center.
This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own. A 25yearold french daredevil did a tightrope walk across the top of new york in 1974 on a 1foot cable strung between the. Philippe petit walked a tightrope between the twin towers. Through a spell binding account and through meticulous details mr. The man who walked between the towers caldecott medal. Nuimerous photographs and gripping descriptions are sure to bring moisture to the palms of most readers. Since no one would allow him to do such a dangerous stunt, he dressed up as a construction worker to manage. Philippe petit walks a tightrope between manhattans twin towers, 7 august 1974 after a few steps, i realised the wire wasnt well rigged but thought, its safe enough erica buist. Gerstein what charlie heard begins the book like a fairytale, once there were two towers side by side. He remembers being inspired as a child by images of fine art. Mordicai gerstein is the author and illustrator of the man who walked between the towers, winner of the caldecott medal, and has had four books named new. Forty years ago, philippe petit walked a high wire between new yorks twin towers and today history will repeat itself when the daredevil attempts to reconstruct his stunt. Philippe petit walks a tightrope between the twin towers. The hullabaloo was over a frenchman named philippe petit, who was walking on a high wire more than 1,300 feet in the air, suspended between the tops of the twin towers of the old world trade center.