King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
by David Remnick
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages330 pages
ISBN
9780330371896
Published
1998
Description
There were mythic sports figures before him--jack johnson, babe ruth, joe louis, joe dimaggio--but when cassius clay burst onto the sports scene from his native louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the ...There were mythic sports figures before him--jack johnson, babe ruth, joe louis, joe dimaggio--but when cassius clay burst onto the sports scene from his native louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself.