Ali: A Life
- ISBN-10
- 1471155951
- ISBN-13
- 9781471155956
- Series
- Ali
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-10
- Author
- Jonathan Eig
Description
BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. WINNER OF THE PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING. THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published, based on more than 500 interviews with those who knew him best, with many dramatic new discoveries about his life and career. When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV audience of up to 3 billion people was once again gripped by the story of the world's most famous sporting icon. The man who had once been reviled for his refusal to fight for his country and for his fast-talking denunciation of his opponents was now almost universally adored, the true cost of his astonishing boxing career clear to see. In Jonathan Eig's ground-breaking biography, backed up with much detailed new research specially commissioned for this book, we get a stunning portrait of one of the most significant personalities of the second half of the twentieth century. We are not only taken inside the ring for some of the most famous bouts in boxing history, we also learn about his personal life, his finances, his faith and the moments when the first signs of his physical decline began to show. Ali was a symbol of freedom and courage, a hero to many, but this is also a very personal story of a warrior who vanquished every opponent but was finally brought down by his own stubborn refusal to quit. An epic tale of a fighter who became the world's most famous pacifist, Ali: A Life does full justice to an extraordinary man. 'Ali: A Life is the business - 640 pages of patient scholarship and intelligent reassessment written in crackly prose' Giles Smith, The Times '[A] richly researched, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait ... Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography' Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Love from Mecca to Medina
By S. K. AliZayneb balks at the trip at first, having envisioned another kind of vacation, but then decides a spiritual reset is calling her name too. And they can’t wait to see each other—surely, this is just what they both need.
-
Becoming Muhammad Ali
By James Patterson, Kwame Alexander"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit."—School Library Journal (starred review) Before he was a household name, Cassius Clay was a kid with struggles like any other.
-
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
By Thomas Hauser... I'd been in Miami with ]oe Louis and Max Schmeling two years earlier to promote the Patterson-Iohansson fight. ... So MacDonald called Cassius in and threatened to cancel the fight unless he publicly disavowed the Muslims, ...
-
My Brother, Muhammad Ali: The Definitive Biography
By Rahaman AliIn My Brother, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman offers an insider's perspective on the well-known stories as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich and intimate portrait of a proud, relentlessly polarizing, yet often vulnerable man.
-
Ali: The Official Portrait of "The Greatest" of All Time
By Nancy J. HajeskiAnd Ali's iconic quotes are inserted throughout to show him from every angle, a portrait of a man whose will was stronger than anyone’s.
-
Me and Muhammad Ali
By Jabari AsimA little boy’s joyous encounter with his hero, boxing champion and poet Muhammad Ali, is everything he’s dreamed of—and more!
-
Pocket Bios: Muhammad Ali
By Al Berenger"Learn how iconic sports figure Muhammad Ali became a boxing champion, a gold-medal Olympian, and a civil rights activist"--Page 4 of cover.
-
Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest
By Thomas HauserIn this celebratory volume, New York Times bestselling author Thomas Hauser provides a compelling retrospective of Ali’s life. relying on personal insights, interviews with close associates and other contemporaries, and memories gathered ...
-
Muhammad Ali, The Untold Story: Skin Color Cannot Think Or Reason
By Abuwi Agin Mahdi" This book will take you by the hand and guide you through Ali's caterpillar life-stage of anger, his ignorance of self-hatred, and his irate ill-will towards white people in his belief that all white people were devils.
-
At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
By Hana AliShe shares the joy and laughter, the hardship and pain, and, most importantly, the dedication and love that has bonded them. “It’s been said that my father is one of the most written-about people in the world,” Hana writes. “As the ...