5/12/2023 0 Comments King of the World by David Remnick![]() ![]() Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.Also check out the video where Ali defends his decision to refuse to go to war against a student. After you finish the book, go on youtube and look up Ali on This Is Your Life - you'll get to see everyone talked about in the book, and catch a glimpse of his humor, grace, and irresistible personality. Great read! The book is about boxing, of course, but also the civil rights movement, and the way Ali became so much more than an athlete. This is the story of his self-creation and his rise to glory, told by a master storyteller. ![]() ![]() As both a mirror and a molder of his times, Ali became the most recognizable face on the planet, a key figure in the cultural battles of the times. Muhammad Ali has become a mythic hero, an American icon, and a self-invented legend. Young Clay did it his way - with little more than an Olympic gold medal to his credit, he danced into Sonny Liston's baleful view and provoked the terrifying champ into accepting him as his next challenger. If you wanted a shot at a title, you did it their way. Those were the years when boxing and boxers were at the mercy of the mob and the whim of the sportswriters. There had been mythic sports figures before Cassius Clay, but when he burst upon the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mold. ![]()
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