Muhammad Ali

In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring. Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend--the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and proved he was; the three epic wars against Joe Frazier; the stunning victory over George Foreman in Zaire; and the shocking loss and final win that made him the first man to win back the heavyweight crown twice, fourteen years after he had first claimed it. Ali's life has been played out as much on the front pages as on the sports pages. With brilliant immediacy and unprecedented candor, bestselling author Thomas Hauser recreates this extraordinary man.

Los Angeles Sentinel This is by far the best book ever written about Muhammad Ali, and one of the best ever written about a celebrity-entertainment-controversial figure....It gets inside "the real Muhammad.", New York Daily News Extensive and fascinating detail; first-rate....The triumph of the "witness" technique in biography may be judged complete., New York Post Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times is a measuring stick for at least three decades of America -- who we were, how we changed and what we became., Publishers Weekly A feast for fans, this composite portrait bristles with insights, jabs, and tributes., The Boston Globe A magnificent book [about] a life that needs to be understood whether you care a whit about boxing or not.

Thomas Hisser 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."