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To reach the clouds : my high wire walk between the Twin Towers / Philippe Petit.
Van Pelt Library GV550.2.P47 A3 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petit, Philippe, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petit, Philippe, 1949-.
- Petit, Philippe.
- Aerialists--France--Biography.
- Aerialists.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : North Point Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- In 1974, 100,000 people on the ground watched 24-year-old high wire artist Petit make eight crossings between the World Trade Towers. In this visually and verbally stunning book, Petit tells for the first time the story of his walk, from conception and clandestine planning to the performance and its aftermath. 140 illustrations.
- ISBN:
- 0865476519
- OCLC:
- 49351784
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