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Gerstein,
Mordicai.
THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE
TOWERS
Brookfield, CT : Roaring Brook
Press, 2003
IL K-3, RL 4.6
ISBN 0761328688
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Once
there were two towers a quarter of a mile high standing side by side in
New York City. A young French tight ropewalker named Philippe Petit saw
the towers as a challenge. Secretly, he decided to stretch a wire between
the two towers and walk across so the police would not stop him. Oh, what
a dangerous thing to do! Although the towers are gone now, they remain
a memory. Part of that memory is the story of how on August 7, 1974, a
courageous young man named Philippe danced in the air between them.
(Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2005-2006)
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SUBJECTS:
Petit, Philippe, 1949-
Aerialists.
Tightrope walking.
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) |
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