{"product_id":"the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-9780312368784","title":"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mordicai Gerstein\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MixBZ\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MixBZ\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: Children Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography - Performing Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's \u003ci\u003eThe Walk, \u003c\/i\u003estarring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032033452183,"sku":"9780312368784","price":842.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780312368784.webp?v=1769207586","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-man-who-walked-between-the-towers-9780312368784","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}