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Authors: Philippe Petit
Books
Trois Coups
On the High Wire
Traité du Funambulisme
Funambule
Trois Coups
On the High Wire
Traité du Funambulisme
Funambule
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Major Performances
Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Sydney Harbour Bridge
World Trade Center
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Paris Opera
Museum of the City of New York
Lincoln Center
Jerusalem (A Bridge for Peace)
Grand Central Terminal
Eiffel Tower
Tokyo, Akasaka
Vienna Film Festival
Frankfurt Cathedral
American Museum of Natural History
Crossing Broadway, New York City
Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Sydney Harbour Bridge
World Trade Center
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Paris Opera
Museum of the City of New York
Lincoln Center
Jerusalem (A Bridge for Peace)
Grand Central Terminal
Eiffel Tower
Tokyo, Akasaka
Vienna Film Festival
Frankfurt Cathedral
American Museum of Natural History
Crossing Broadway, New York City
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Works in Progress
Canyon Walk
The Sydney Walk
Easter Island Walk
Canyon Walk
The Sydney Walk
Easter Island Walk
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Films with Philippe Petit
Concert in the Sky
High Wire
Niagara: Miracles, Myths & Magic
Tour et Fil
Werner Herzog's Filmstunde
National Geographic Profile of Philippe Petit
The Man on the Wire
Historischer Hochseillauf
Mondo
Nova's Secrets of the Lost Empire
Concert in the Sky
High Wire
Niagara: Miracles, Myths & Magic
Tour et Fil
Werner Herzog's Filmstunde
National Geographic Profile of Philippe Petit
The Man on the Wire
Historischer Hochseillauf
Mondo
Nova's Secrets of the Lost Empire
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© Philippe Petit, 2002
The right of Philippe Petit to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the
Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988
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First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Faber and Faber Limited
3 Queen Square, London WCIN 3AU
Published in the United States in 2002 by North Point Press
A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Typeset by Faber and Faber Limited
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eISBN 9781429921862
First eBook Edition : July 2011
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
© 2002 by Jean-Louis Blondeau / POLARIS IMAGES: pp. 86, 162, 164-63, 169, 173, 174, 176-77, 180, 183, 186-87
© 2002 by Jim Moore / POLARIS IMAGES: pp. xii-xiii, 16, 18, 28, 32, 35, 63, 69, 213
© 1982 Fred Conrad /
The New York Times
, p. 212
The New York Times
, p. 212
© 1974 Vic DeLuca /
New York Post
REX USA, p. 189
New York Post
REX USA, p. 189
Collection of the author: all documents, and photographs on pp. 2, 5, 23, 37, 47, 71, 92, 102, 109, 111, 121, 195, 197, 209; by Annie Allix, p. 102; by Jean-Pierre Dousseau, pp. 170, 71; by Judy Finelly, pp. 11, 90; by Jean-Michel Folon, p. 215; by Loretta Harris, p. 84; by Jean-Francois Heckel, p. 167; by Jacques Pavlowsky, p. 9 (top); by James Ricketson, p. 9 (bottom); stills from 16mm film by Yves Bourde, pp. 53, 57. All sketches and drawings are by the author.
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
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