Muhammad Ali Handbook

by Zirin, Dave

• ISBN13: 9781846011559
• ISBN10: 1846011558
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-15
• Publisher: Spruce Books

Summary

Dave Zirin provides a knowledgeable, analytic, sports-aficionado's journey through the starry trajectory of Ali's boxing career. Included are informative insights into Ali's relationship with Malcolm X, his personal journey within the Nation of Islam, and the moral crisis that brought him face to face with losing his boxing career (and millions of dollars) for his religious principles. Zirin offers intelligent, accurate assessment of Ali's extraordinary political involvement in the anti-Vietnam war protest and the Civil Rights movement in the USA. Includes unique interviews with famous sportswriters who followed Muhammad Ali from his early days, including Robert Lipsyte; Dave Kindred; Mike Marqusee; veteran journalist Lester Rodney; Ali's biographer, Thomas Hauser.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
The boy from Louisuille	p. 8
"I am the greatest"	p. 36
Taking a stand	p. 76
The years in the wilderness	p. 146
The fights of the century	p. 216
We all grow old	p. 302
Icon and legend	p. 386
Credits	p. 416
Index	p. 426
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