Who Was Muhammad Ali
Language: English
Published by Penguin Workshop, New York, 2016
Series: Book 72 of 233 - Who Was?
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The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.5 inches. [6], 105, [1] pages. Illustrated cover. Illustrations. Timelines. Bibliography. This is an Official WhoHQ book. America’s top author of sports books, Buckley has written more than 200 books on sports and other topics, including titles on baseball, football, soccer, the Olympics, and more. His latest works are in the Show Me History nonfiction series, including biographies of Amelia Earhart, Martin Luther King Jr., and Babe Ruth. He wrote 14 titles in the New York Times' bestselling "Who Was." biography series, including titles on Muhammad Ali, the Wright Brothers, Milton Hershey, Betsy Ross, and Roberto Clemente. He produces the annual Scholastic Year in Sports, the top-selling sports title in Scholastic Book Fairs. He has written often about animals and the natural world, including such titles as the Animal Planet Animal Atlas, Bugopedia and Snakeopedia. He has also written popular reference books and titles on nature, history, space, and cars. (Under the pseudonym of K.C. Kelley, he has written more than 150 other books for The Child’s World, Mason Crest, Bellwether Media, and other school and library publishers.) Buckley was a senior editor at NFL Publishing, where he covered Super Bowls, helped start NFLdotcom, and created numerous books on the league and its players. Prior to that, he was the editorial projects manager of Sports Illustrated, working on special sections on a wide variety of sports and major sports events. He has also been a newspaper columnist, a freelance writer, and the editor of several children’s magazines. Presents the life of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing. This biography shares the life of Muhammad Ali, the uncompromising athlete who brought beauty and grace to a very rough sport and became one of the world's most famous cultural icons. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. won the world heavyweight championship at the age of 22, the same year he joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He would go on to become the first and only three-time (in succession) World Heavyweight Champion. Nicknamed The Greatest, Ali was as well known for his unique boxing style, consisting of the Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope, as he was for the catchphrase float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. He was an uncompromising athlete who brought beauty and grace to a very rough sport and became one of the world's most famous cultural icons. Read Who Was Muhammad Ali? and discover The Greatest. . Presumed First Penguin Workshop Edition, First printing. …
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- Title
- Who Was Muhammad Ali
- Author
- Buckley, James, Jr.
- Publisher
- Penguin Workshop, New York
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0448479559
- ISBN 13
- 9780448479552
- Illustrator
- Stephen Marchesi
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Series
- Book 72 of 233: Who Was?
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