{"product_id":"ali-a-life-paperback","title":"Ali: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Eig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2018 PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year The definitive biography of an American icon, from a best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As Muhammad Ali's life was an epic of a life so \u003cem\u003eAli: A Life \u003c\/em\u003eis an epic of a biography . . . for pages in succession its narrative reads like a novel--a suspenseful novel with a cast of vivid characters.\" -- Joyce Carol Oates, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay in racially segregated Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a sign painter and a housekeeper. He went on to become a heavyweight boxer with a dazzling mix of power and speed, a warrior for racial pride, a comedian, a preacher, a poet, a draft resister, an actor, and a lover. Millions hated him when he changed his religion, changed his name, and refused to fight in the Vietnam War. He fought his way back, winning hearts, but at great cost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Eig, hailed by Ken Burns as one of America's master storytellers, sheds important new light on Ali's politics, religion, personal life, and neurological condition through unprecedented access to all the key people in Ali's life, more than 500 interviews and thousands of pages of previously unreleased FBI and Justice Department files and audiotaped interviews from the 1960s. \u003cem\u003eAli: A Life \u003c\/em\u003eis a story about America, about race, about a brutal sport, and about a courageous man who shook up the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJONATHAN EIG is the critically acclaimed, best-selling author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eLuckiest Man\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Opening Day.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a contributing writer to the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand is currently working with Ken Burns to develop a four-part documentary on Ali.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772396110112,"sku":"9781328505699","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b24febadb049b262a0654e5bea9dd91d.webp?v=1780404707","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ali-a-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}