{"product_id":"books-the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-by-mordicai-gerstein","title":"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's \u003ci\u003eThe Walk,\u003c\/i\u003e starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads-- the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the Caldecott Medal, winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53672039285009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780312368784.jpg?v=1781518187","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-by-mordicai-gerstein","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}