Ali : a life
Title
:
Ali : a life
Author
:
Eig, Jonathan author.
ISBN
:
9780544435247
Physical Description
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xv, 623 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
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Preface: Miami, 1964 -- Cassius Marcellus Clay -- The loudest child -- The bicycle -- "Every day was heaven" -- The prophet -- "I'm just young and don't give a damn" -- America's hero -- Dreamer -- "Twentieth-century exuberance" -- "It's show business" -- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee -- The ugly bear -- "So what's wrong with the Muslims?" -- Becoming Muhammad Ali -- Choice -- "Girl, will you marry me?" -- Assassination -- Phantom punch -- True love -- A holy war -- No quarrel -- "What's my name?" -- "Against the furies" -- Exile -- Faith -- Martyr -- Song and dance and prayer -- The greatest book of all time -- Stand by me -- Comeback -- "The world is watching you" -- A different fighter -- The five-million-dollar match -- Ali v. Frazier -- Freedom -- Trickeration -- A fight to the finish -- Heart of darkness -- Fighter's heaven -- "Ali boma ye!" -- Rumble in the jungle -- Moving on up -- Impulses -- Ali-Frazier III -- Getting old -- "They may not let me quit" -- "Do you remember Muhammad Ali?" -- Staggered -- Crown Prince -- Old -- Humpty Dumpty -- The last hurrah -- Too many punches -- "He's human, like us" -- A torch -- The long, black Cadillac -- Postscript.
Reading Level
:
1090 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.
Subject Term
:
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography.
African American boxers -- Biography.
Parkinson's disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genre
:
Biographies
Summary
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"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."--
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | 921 ALI | Nonfiction Collection |
Oakdale Library | 921 ALI | Nonfiction Collection |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | 921 ALI | Nonfiction Collection |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 921 ALI | Checked Out |
Stillwater Public Library | 921 ALI | Nonfiction Collection |
Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | 921 ALI | Nonfiction Collection |