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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0544435249
ISBN-13
9780544435247
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234928587
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ali : Alife
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Boxing, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Social Activists, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.9 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-044484
Reviews
"Finally Muhammad Ali has a biography as big, complex, and memorable as the man himself--or as close as any book can come. From panoramic views of Ali''s place in racial, political, and cultural conflicts, to gripping accounts of his fights, to vivid close-ups of his outsized personality and relationships based on new sources, Ali will fascinate you from beginning to end." --T.J. Stiles, author of Custer''s Trials and The First Tycoon "Some people want to grow up to be an astronaut. Or maybe even president. Or heavyweight champion of the world. I always wanted to be a storyteller. The hardest story to tell is one that''s been told and told well before. In Ali , Jonathan Eig, a fearless reporter, as relentless on his turf as Muhammad Ali ever was within the ring, has taken on one of 20th century America''s biggest, baddest, most important stories and told it bigger and badder than it''s ever been told before. Ali: A Life floats like a butterfly and stings likes a bee. Stop the fight. It''s over. Eig in a knockout." --Jane Leavy, author of Sandy Koufax and The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America''s Childhood " Ali is a marvelous biography - deeply reported, illuminating, dripping with detail chapter after chapter--in every way worthy of one of the great figures of 20th century America." -- David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "Finally, after so many works focusing on this fight or that, the whole man, the whole life, is presented here. And what a revelation it is--to be able to see how this remarkable man was shaped by his world, and how that world was, in turn, profoundly influenced by this exceptional and complicated kid from Louisville. Bravo!" --Ken Burns "A warm, compelling portrait of a winsomely enduring man. Eig''s richly impressive roster of interviews informs an authoritatively critical biography that is both punchy and sure-footed." -- David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and Rising Star "Jonathan Eig''s Ali is a tour de force! It is an independent, insightful and masterful assessment of ''The Greatest!'' Eig''s biography puts flesh and bone on Ali''s fuller humanity. It is a must read for sports fans, boxing fans, students of American history, culture and religion." --Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement "A monumental study the scope of which has not been matched. An utterly absorbing and richly detailed account of the most charismatic and controversial athlete of the 20th century." --Mike Silver, author of The Arc of Boxing "Eig''s revelatory bio traces the late boxer''s path from pariah to national treasure." -- People , The Best Books of Fall "Drawing on interviews with Muhammad Ali''s friends, family, and colleagues--as well as recently discovered recordings from the 1960s and extensive FBI files--Eig tells the life story of the legendary boxer, political radical, and hero in all its complexity." -- Entertainment Weekly , Fall''s 20 Must-Read Books "This hefty biography may be the deepest dive yet into the life of Muhammad Ali." -- AARP , 12 New Books for Fall "An appropriately outsized--and first-rate--biography . . . Eig does a fine job of covering all the bases . . . An exemplary life of an exemplary man who, despite a few missteps, deserves to be remembered long into the future." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "This evenhanded account will likely be one of the most read . . . Eig has produced a thorough overview of a complex person . . .Sharp quotations and expert pacing make the 600-plus pages light on their feet." -- Publishers Weekly, "Finally Muhammad Ali has a biography as big, complex, and memorable as the man himself--or as close as any book can come. From panoramic views of Ali''s place in racial, political, and cultural conflicts, to gripping accounts of his fights, to vivid close-ups of his outsized personality and relationships based on new sources, Ali will fascinate you from beginning to end." --T.J. Stiles, author of Custer''s Trials and The First Tycoon "Some people want to grow up to be an astronaut. Or maybe even president. Or heavyweight champion of the world. I always wanted to be a storyteller. The hardest story to tell is one that''s been told and told well before. In Ali , Jonathan Eig, a fearless reporter, as relentless on his turf as Muhammad Ali ever was within the ring, has taken on one of 20th century America''s biggest, baddest, most important stories and told it bigger and badder than it''s ever been told before. Ali: A Life floats like a butterfly and stings likes a bee. Stop the fight. It''s over. Eig in a knockout." --Jane Leavy, author of Sandy Koufax and The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America''s Childhood " Ali is a marvelous biography - deeply reported, illuminating, dripping with detail chapter after chapter--in every way worthy of one of the great figures of 20th century America." -- David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi "Finally, after so many works focusing on this fight or that, the whole man, the whole life, is presented here. And what a revelation it is--to be able to see how this remarkable man was shaped by his world, and how that world was, in turn, profoundly influenced by this exceptional and complicated kid from Louisville. Bravo!" --Ken Burns "A warm, compelling portrait of a winsomely enduring man. Eig''s richly impressive roster of interviews informs an authoritatively critical biography that is both punchy and sure-footed." -- David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross and Rising Star "Jonathan Eig''s Ali is a tour de force! It is an independent, insightful and masterful assessment of ''The Greatest!'' Eig''s biography puts flesh and bone on Ali''s fuller humanity. It is a must read for sports fans, boxing fans, students of American history, culture and religion." --Dr. Randal Maurice Jelks, author of Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement "A monumental study the scope of which has not been matched. An utterly absorbing and richly detailed account of the most charismatic and controversial athlete of the 20th century." --Mike Silver, author of The Arc of Boxing "Eig''s revelatory bio traces the late boxer''s path from pariah to national treasure." -- People , The Best Books of Fall "Drawing on interviews with Muhammad Ali''s friends, family, and colleagues--as well as recently discovered recordings from the 1960s and extensive FBI files--Eig tells the life story of the legendary boxer, political radical, and hero in all its complexity." -- Entertainment Weekly , Fall''s 20 Must-Read Books "An appropriately outsized--and first-rate--biography . . . Eig does a fine job of covering all the bases . . . An exemplary life of an exemplary man who, despite a few missteps, deserves to be remembered long into the future." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "This evenhanded account will likely be one of the most read . . . Eig has produced a thorough overview of a complex person . . .Sharp quotations and expert pacing make the 600-plus pages light on their feet." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
796.83092
Synopsis
Based on more than 500 interviews, including Muhammad Ali's closest associates, and enhanced by access to thousands of pages of newly released FBI records, this is a thrilling story of a man who became one of the great figures of the twentieth century., NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year The definitive biography of an American icon, from a best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. "Finally Muhammad Ali has a biography as big, complex, and memorable as the man himself." --T.J. Stiles, author of Custer's Trials and The First Tycoon Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay in racially segregated Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a sign painter and a housekeeper. He went on to become a heavyweight boxer with a dazzling mix of power and speed, a warrior for racial pride, a comedian, a preacher, a poet, a draft resister, an actor, and a lover. Millions hated him when he changed his religion, changed his name, and refused to fight in the Vietnam War. He fought his way back, winning hearts, but at great cost. Jonathan Eig, hailed by Ken Burns as one of America's master storytellers, sheds important new light on Ali's politics, religion, personal life, and neurological condition through unprecedented access to all the key people in Ali's life, more than 500 interviews and thousands of pages of previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files and audiotaped interviews from the 1960s. Ali: A Life is a story about America, about race, about a brutal sport, and about a courageous man who shook up the world. "As Muhammad Ali's life was an epic of a life so Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography . . . for pages in succession its narrative reads like a novel--a suspenseful novel with a cast of vivid characters." -- Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review, Winner of the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year "Stunning . . . Eig's brilliant, exhaustive book is the biography the champ deserves." --NPR.org The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us himself). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's most fantastic figures and arguably the most famous man on the planet. But until now, he has never been the subject of a complete, unauthorized biography. Jonathan Eig, hailed by Ken Burns as one of America's master storytellers, radically reshapes our understanding of the complicated man who was Ali. Eig had access to all the key people in Ali's life, including his three surviving wives and his managers. He conducted more than 500 interviews and uncovered thousands of pages of previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files, as well dozens of hours of newly discovered audiotaped interviews from the 1960s. Collectively, they tell Ali's story like never before--the story of a man who was flawed and uncertain and brave beyond belief. "I am America," he once declared. "I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me--black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own. Get used to me." He was born Cassius Clay in racially segregated Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a sign painter and a housekeeper. He went on to become a heavyweight boxer with a dazzling mix of power and speed, a warrior for racial pride, a comedian, a preacher, a poet, a draft resister, an actor, and a lover. Millions hated him when he changed his religion, changed his name, and refused to fight in the Vietnam War. He fought his way back, winning hearts, but at great cost. Like so many boxers, he stayed too long. Jonathan Eig's Ali reveals Ali in the complexity he deserves, shedding important new light on his politics, religion, personal life, and neurological condition. Ali is a story about America, about race, about a brutal sport, and about a courageous man who shook up the world.
LC Classification Number
GV1132.A44E427 2017
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