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Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion
Walter Dean Myers
Muhammad Ali: The People's Champion
Walter Dean Myers
"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., in Louisville, Kentucky. His very first boxing coach, former police officer Joe Martin, told him, "You better learn how to fight before you start challenging people." Once considered the underdog, Cassius, later known as Muhammad Ali, would eventually win the title of heavyweight champion of the world. Acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers recounts the champ's most famous fights and examines the depth and complexity of the larger-than-life legend Muhammad Ali. The bold, vibrant art of Alix Delinois reflects the beauty and power of the man who could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
40 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | December 29, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780060291310 |
Publishers | HarperCollins |
Pages | 40 |
Dimensions | 229 × 279 × 280 mm · 408 g |
Language | English |
Illustrator | Delinois, Alix |
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