To Reach the Clouds
The Walk film tie in
$32.26
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2015
Summary
One night in 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. At daybreak, he gave the high-wire performance of all time, making eight crossings over the course of an hour, 110 floors up above the earth, as a hundred thousand people gathered on the ground to watch.
In To Reach the Clouds, now filmed as The Walk, Philippe Petit re-creates a six-year quest to realise his dream, an adventure as thri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571326907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571326900 |
| Author: | Philippe Petit |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | Tie-In |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Philippe Petit
Born into a middle-class French family in 1949, Philippe Petit taught himself magic, juggling and high-wire walking while still a child. At sixteen he began to travel the world as a street juggler. He has performed illegal high-wire walks between the towers of Notre Dame, the twin towers of the World Trade Center, and the northern pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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