Every So Often, A Sports Figure Takes American By Storm, Grabbing Headlines And Rising To Superstardom In A Flash Of Fame. But Rarely Does A Sports Figure Grip The Attention Of The Entire World- And Maintain It Through Four Decades. Muhammad Ali Is Such A Man, Arguably The Finest Athlete Of The 20th Century, And Incontestably One Of The Most Famous Americans Of His Time. The Amazing Story Of Muhammad Ali Is Celebrated In This One-of-a-kind Volume That Collects Over 30 Of The Best Writings By The Greatest About The Greatest. Featuring A Stellar Array Of Authors, Athletes, And Social Commentators, Including Pete Hamill, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Floyd Patterson, Hunter S. Thompson, And Tom Wolfe, The Book Is Organized By Decade And Includes Interviews With Ali Plus A Spectacular 16-page Photo Insert That Captures The Champ In All His Guises. -- Publisher Description Introduction : Tales Of The Wonderboy / By Gerald Early -- Poet And Pedagogue / A.j. Liebling -- The Marvelous Mouth / Tom Wolfe -- Miami Notebook : Cassius Clay And Malcolm X / George Plimpton -- Views And Reviews / George S. Schuyler -- Clay Explodes Liston Myth / Jackie Robinson -- The Champ And The Chump / Murray Kempton -- In The Ring (2) / Leroi Jones -- The Redemption Of The Champion / Gordon Parks -- In Defense Of Cassius Clay / Floyd Patterson With Gay Talese -- In Defense Of Cassius Clay / Jackie Robinson -- Muhammad Ali And The Little People / Irwin Shaw -- Cassius Clay Is The Sixties / Jimmy Cannon -- The Black Scholar Interviews Muhammad Ali / Muhammad Ali -- I Don't Have To Be What You Want Me To Be, Says Muhammad Ali / Robert Lipsyte -- Ego / Norman Mailer -- The Disintegration Of A Folk Hero / Pete Hamill -- Muhammad Ali And The Fly / Ira Berkow -- Muhammad Ali, May His Tribe Increase / Roger Kahn -- Playboy Interview : Muhammad Ali / Muhammad Ali -- Muhammad Ali / Garry Wills -- Hyperbole's Child / A.b. Giamatti -- Ex-fighter's Notes On The Champion / Jose Torres -- Last Tango In Vegas / Hunter S. Thompson -- The Fourth Ali / Ishmael Reed. Sport Interview : Muhammad Ali / Jose Torres With Muhammad Ali -- Muhammad Ali Is The Most Famous Man In The World / Bob Greene -- Muhammad Ali At The Ringside, 1985 / Wole Soyinka -- My Dinner With Ali / Davis Miller -- Great Men Die Twice / Mark Kram -- The Cruelest Sport / Joyce Carol Oates -- Boxing Fidel / Gay Talese -- Ali's Amazing Grace / David Maraniss. Edited By Gerald Early.
Categories:
- Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher : Ecco
Author : Early, G
Language : English
Edition : 1st
Published :1998-06-21
Number Of Pages : 300
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0880016027
ISBN-13 : 9780880016025
Item weight : 1.5 lb
Dimensions : 1.5 in x 6.2 in x 9.2 in
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