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9780821226261

Muhammad Ali

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821226261

  • ISBN10:

    0821226266

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1999-09-15
  • Publisher: Bulfinch Pr
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Summary

Fully authorized by Muhammad Ali, this rare collection features personal memorabilia and vintage photos with essays and quotes from writers and friends. 70 color photos. 30 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8(4)
James Earl Jones
The 1960s Clay vs. Liston Birth of a Legend "Look, it ain't never been another fighter like me. Ain't never been no nothing like me."
12(36)
Alex Haley
The 1970s Rumble in the Jungle Defending the Crown "Everybody has wondered whether Ali can get through the first few rounds and take Foreman's punch. Now the problem has been refined: Can he dismantle Foreman's strength before he used up his own wit?"
48(36)
Norman Mailer
The 1980s The Last Fights Hard Victories Irreversible Loss "The secret of Ali's mature success, and the secret of his tragedy: he could take a punch."
84(14)
Joyce Carol Oates
The 1990s In Excelsis Finally, The Greatest "All the gyrations and the mugging and the shouting have been distilled into a thimbleful of expressions, but it is a bottomless thimble."
98(18)
Peter Richmond
The Fights
116(11)
Contributors and Credits 127

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