Muhammad Ali

"The first definitive biography of Muhammad Ali" (The New York Times Book Review), this complete story--written with Ali's full cooperation--takes readers from his rural boyhood to his explosive fight career to the truth about his physical condition today. Photographs.

Thomas Hauser is a New York City attorney, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and the author of fourteen books, including Missing, which became the Academy Award–winning film, and The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing.

Contents Preface 1. Origins 2. The Entertainer 3. "I Am the Greatest!" 4. The Birth of Ali 5. The Enemy 6. "Ain't Got No Quarrel" 7. Exile 8. Joe 9. The Underdog 10. Zaire 11. The King 12. Manila 13. The Lion Grows Older 14. The Money 15. The Beating 16. Burial 17. Rebirth Author's Epilogue Appendix Notes Index