Ali: A Life
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.
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- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN-13
- 9780544435247
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Muhammad AliBoxingCivil rights
Awards
- PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports WritingWon(2018)
- Mark Lynton History PrizeShortlisted(2018)
- The Plutarch AwardShortlisted(2018)
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2017)
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