
The Muhammad Ali Handbook tells the story of an extraordinary human being who has always evoked the most extreme reactions
- ranging from love & adulation to vitriolic hate This is the story of the Ali that they can never bury
- not even under the pall of devastating illness & a mountain of cheap medals For when Ali spoke the whole world listened As he said ' Where do you think I'd be next week if I didn't know how to shout & holler? I'd probably be down in my hometown washing windows & saying yassuh & nossuh & knowing my place!' Featuring essays on Ali's childhood in Louisville his emergence as the most gifted boxer ever known his conversion to Islam his anti-Vietnam War stand his years of exile from the ring & his triumphant return all the keynote bouts including ' The Rumble in the Jungle' & ' The Thrilla in Manila' & remarkable & exclusive interviews with biographers sportswriters & champions this book charts his progress towards his ultimate destiny as a universal icon