Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

Howard L. Bingham; Howard Bingham

ISBN 10: 0871319004 / ISBN 13: 9780871319005

Published by M. Evans & Company, 2000

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0871319004I4N00

Synopsis:

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight is a behind-the-scenes account of this battle as told by a genuine insider—Ali's closest friend, photographer Howard Bingham.

Reviews: Here, Bingham (Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey), Muhammad Ali's best friend and favorite photographer, contends that the former heavyweight champ's greatest legacy is that, owing to his conversion to the Nation of Islam and subsequent refusal to enter the military during the Vietnam War, Ali served as a touchstone for the racial and antiwar upheavals that rocked the Sixties and changed our country. Bingham offers a friendly portrayal of the conscientious objector/Black Muslim minister Ali but doesn't beyond a shadow of a doubt answer the question of whether his motives for evading the draft were self-serving, racial, or religious--though it is easy to imagine that at the least they might have evolved from the former to the latter. One cannot deny Ali's influence on his times, though. And neither can one deny that, whatever his motives for refusing military service, he paid a great price by being banned from boxing for three and a half years during his prime. While not "The Greatest," as its subject proclaimed himself, Bingham's book deserves a place in the sports collections of most public libraries. With a foreword by Ali himself, this book ably supplements the Hauser and Remnick biographies.
-Jim G. Burns, Ottumwa P.L., IA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Publisher: M. Evans & Company
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket