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My brother, Muhammad Ali : the definitive biography / Rahaman Ali ; with Fiaz Rafiq ; [foreword by NFL legend Jim Brown].

Ali, Rahaman, 1943-2025 (author.) Rafiq, Fiaz, (contributor.) Brown, Jim, 1936-2023 (writer of foreword.)

Summary:

"More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the world's most-loved sportsman. At the height of his celebrity he was the most famous person in the world. And yet, until now, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew him best--his only sibling, and best friend, Rahaman Ali. No one was closer to Ali than Rahaman. Born Cassius and Rudolph Arnett Clay, the two brothers grew up together, lived together, trained together, travelled together, and fought together in the street and in the ring. A near-constant fixture in his sibling's company, Rahaman saw Ali at both his best and his worst: the relentless prankster and the jealous older brother, the outspoken advocate, the husband and father. In My Brother, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman offers an insider's perspective on the well-known stories as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich and intimate portrait of a proud, relentlessly polarizing, yet often vulnerable man. In this extraordinary, poignant memoir, Rahaman tells a much bigger and more personal story than in any other book on Muhammad Ali--that of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death. It is the final and most important perspective on an iconic figure."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Brotherhood
The dawn of a dream
A brother on a mission
Muhammad and Malcolm
War and condemnation
Hard times
The great comeback
Challenging Ali
The outdoor adventures
Double trouble at Camp Deer Lake
House party
Murder, mafia, and mayhem
A step too far
Facing Big George
Trilogy
"
I'll fight anyone"
: the MMA mistake
Reuniting the Beatles
Hollywood
The Soviet Union
Turning over a new leaf
Business blunders
Unusual encounters
The final bell
Summer holidays
Entertaining Stallone
Another day, another dollar
Fate: from illness to divorce
A new voice
Iraq
Becoming a dad again
A gift of giving
A daughter's fight and the fall of a friend
Road to heaven: a life worth living
In pursuit of a better world
Epilogue.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781538142448
  • ISBN: 1538142449
  • Physical Description: xii, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Brotherhood
The dawn of a dream
A brother on a mission
Muhammad and Malcolm
War and condemnation
Hard times
The great comeback
Challenging Ali
The outdoor adventures
Double trouble at Camp Deer Lake
House party
Murder, mafia, and mayhem
A step too far
Facing Big George
Trilogy
"I'll fight anyone": the MMA mistake
Reuniting the Beatles
Hollywood
The Soviet Union
Turning over a new leaf
Business blunders
Unusual encounters
The final bell
Summer holidays
Entertaining Stallone
Another day, another dollar
Fate: from illness to divorce
A new voice
Iraq
Becoming a dad again
A gift of giving
A daughter's fight and the fall of a friend
Road to heaven: a life worth living
In pursuit of a better world
Epilogue.
Subject:
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 > Family.
African American boxers > Biography.
Boxers (Sports) > United States > Biography.
Brothers > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.

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