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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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
- Publish Date: Nov 17th, 2008
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 0.70in - 1.00lb
- EAN: 9781602393325
- Categories: • Personal Memoirs• Entertainment & Performing Arts• Adventurers & Explorers
Praise for this book
" While Petit only briefly addresses September 11, his book is ultimately a quiet tribute to the buildings." -- "The New York Times"
" Remarkably, the book is as astonishing as the act itself." -- "The Times of London"
" Remarkably, the book is as astonishing as the act itself." -- "The Times of London"
Philippe Petit planned and executed the perfect crime by walking on a high wire between the twin towers, and the whole world loved him for doing it. --Guy F. Tozzoli, President, World Trade Centers Association
Every time I watch Philippe Petit perform, my heart beats a mile a minute, and I wonder, awe-inspiring as are his accomplishments on the wire. --Milos Forman
It was Philippe Petit who connected the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in an act of beauty and ecstasy. Now that an act of terror has destroyed them both, his book resurrects and reunites them, in sheer defiance of gravity. --Werner Herzog
One year after the nightmares of September 11, how good to remember that morning in 1974 when a young man gave New York a gift of astonishing, indelible beauty. How good that he has sat down now to give us this lively and often heart-stopping account of how he achieved his masterpiece. --Paul Auster