| Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Contributor(s): Hauser, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671779710 ISBN-13: 9780671779719 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1992 Annotation: "The first definitive biography of Muhammad Ali" (The New York Times Book Review), this complete story--written with Ali's full cooperation--takes readers from his rural boyhood to his explosive fight career to the truth about his physical condition today. Photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Boxing - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91010395 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.18" W x 9.22" (1.43 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring. Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend--the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and proved he was; the three epic wars against Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in Zaire; and the shocking loss and final win that made him the first man to win back the heavyweight crown twice, fourteen years after he had first claimed it. Ali's life has been played out as much on the front pages as on the sports pages. With brilliant immediacy and unprecedented candor, bestselling author Thomas Hauser recreates this extraordinary man. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hauser, Thomas: - Thomas Hauser is a New York City attorney, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and the author of fourteen books, including Missing, which became the Academy Award-winning film, and The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing. |