To reach the clouds
Subtitle: my high-wire walk between the Twin Towers
By: Philippe Petit
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780571245857
Subjects: Aerialists; Biography; Tightrope walking; World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
Description: In 1974, a young Frenchman secretly - and illegally - rigged a tightrope between the Twin Towers. He made eight crossings in an hour, while 100,000 people watched in the streets of New York. Here, Petit recreates his six-and-a-half-year quest to realize his dream.
Notes: Originally published: New York: North Point, 2002; London: Faber, 2003.