Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest. Thomas Hauser

BOOKS BY THOMAS HAUSER

      GENERAL NON-FICTION

      Missing

      The Trial of Patrolman Thomas Shea

      For Our Children (with Frank Macchiarola)

      The Family Legal Companion

      Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl (with Dr Robert Gale)

      Arnold Palmer: A Personal Journey

      Confronting America’s Moral Crisis (with Frank Macchiarola)

      Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding

      With This Ring (with Frank Macchiarola)

      A God to Hope For

      Thomas Hauser on Sports

      Reflections

      BOXING NON-FICTION

      The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing

      Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

      Muhammad Ali: Memories

      Muhammad Ali: In Perspective

      Muhammad Ali & Company

      A Beautiful Sickness

      A Year at the Fights

      Brutal Artistry

      The View from Ringside

      Chaos, Corruption, Courage, and Glory

      I Don’t Believe It, But It’s True

      Knockout (with Vikki LaMotta)

      The Greatest Sport of All

      The Boxing Scene

      An Unforgiving Sport

      Boxing Is …

      Box: The Face of Boxing

      The Legend of Muhammad Ali (with Bart Barry)

      Winks and Daggers

      And the New …

      Straight Writes and Jabs

      Thomas Hauser on Boxing

      A Hurting Sport

      Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest

      FICTION

      Ashworth & Palmer

      Agatha’s Friends

      The Beethoven Conspiracy

      Hanneman’s War

      The Fantasy

      Dear Hannah

      The Hawthorne Group

      Mark Twain Remembers

      Finding the Princess

      Waiting for Carver Boyd

      The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens

      The Baker’s Tale

      FOR CHILDREN

      Martin Bear & Friends

COPYRIGHT

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      Portions of this book were previously published as The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali (Sport Classic Books) and Muhammad Ali: The Lost Legacy (Robson Books)

      First published by HarperSport 2016

      FIRST EDITION

      © Thomas Hauser 2016

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      Photograph by Gordon Parks. Courtesy of and copyright The Gordon Parks Foundation.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008152444

      Ebook edition: June 2016 ISBN: 9780008152468

      Version: 2016-06-04

EPIGRAPH

      Muhammad Ali belongs to the world.

      This book is dedicated to Muhammad

      and to everyone who is part of his story.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Books by Thomas Hauser

       Copyright

       Epigraph

       Author’s Note

       PART I: ESSAYS

       The Importance of Muhammad Ali

       Muhammad Ali and Boxing

       Muhammad Ali and Congress Remembered

       The Athlete of