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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 over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they got it wrong. Race was the theme of Ali's life. He insisted that America come to grips with a black man who wasn't afraid to speak out or break the rules. He didn't overcome racism. He called it out. "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." Ali went from being one of the most despised men in the country to one of the most beloved. But until now, he has never been the subject of a complete, unauthorized biography.
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Race relations, African Americans, Boxers (Sports), African American boxers, Patients, Social conditions, Parkinson's disease, Biography, History, boxers, sports, PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting Winner, entertainment, Ali, muhammad, 1942-2016, African americans, biography, Pacifists, African americans, social conditions, United states, race relations, nyt:sports=2017-11-12, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, SPORTS & RECREATION, Boxing, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Sports, RELIGION, Islam, General, United States, African American pacifists, Boxers (sports)People
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1960s, 1942-2016, 20th century, 2016, 1964Showing 3 featured editions. View all 14 editions?
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Ali: A Life
2017, Simon & Schuster, Limited, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd.
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Ali: A Life
2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Muhammad Ali called himself “The Greatest,” and many agreed. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the brashest, the baddest, the fastest, the loudest, the rashest. Now comes the first complete, unauthorized biography of one of the twentieth century's most fantastic figures. Based on more than 500 interviews with almost all of Ali’s surviving associates, and enhanced by the author’s discovery of thousands of pages of FBI records and newly uncovered Ali interviews from the 1960s, this is the stunning portrait of a man who became a legend.
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