EAN: 9781471155956

ALI A LIFE - JONATHAN EIG KARTONIERT (TB)

The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published 
based on more than 500 interviews with those who knew him best  with many dramatic new
discoveries about his life and career.   When the frail  trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit
the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996  a TV audience of up to 3 billion people was once again
gripped by the story of the world's most famous sporting icon. The man who had once been
reviled for his refusal to fight for his country and for his fast-talking denunciation of his
opponents was now almost universally adored  the true cost of his astonishing boxing career
clear to see.  In Jonathan Eig's ground-breaking biography  backed up with much detailed new
research specially commissioned for this book  we get a stunning portrait of one of the most
significant personalities of the second half of the twentieth century. We are not only taken
inside the ring for some of the most famous bouts in boxing history  we also learn about his
personal life  his finances  his faith and the moments when the first signs of his physical
decline began to show. Ali was a symbol of freedom and courage  a hero to many  but this is
also a very personal story of a warrior who vanquished every opponent but was finally brought
down by his own stubborn refusal to quit.  An epic tale of a fighter who became the world's
most famous pacifist  Ali: A Life does full justice to an extraordinary man.

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