King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Picador Classic) - Tapa blanda

Remnick, David

 
9781447289555: King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Picador Classic)
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ISBN 10: 1447289552 ISBN 13: 9781447289555
Editorial: Picador, 2015

Sinopsis

With an introduction by Salman Rushdie and an afterword by the author. It was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the gray floating haze and waited for the bell. When Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mould. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself: from his early fights as Cassius Clay, the young, wiry man from Louisville, unwilling to play the noble and grateful warrior in a white world, to becoming Muhammad Ali, the voice of black America and the most recognized face on the planet. King of the World is the story of an incredible rise to power, a book of battles fought inside the ring and out. With grace and power, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Remnick tells of a transcendent athlete and entertainer, a rapper before rap was born. Ali was a mirror of his era, a dynamic figure in the racial and cultural clashes of his time and King of the World is a classic piece of non-fiction and a book worthy of America's most dynamic modern hero.

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David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker since 1998. He was a staff writer for the magazine from 1992 to 1998 and, previous to that, the Washington Post's correspondent in the Soviet Union. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.

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Editorial
Picador
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1447289552
ISBN 13 
9781447289555
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
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9780375702297: King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

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ISBN 10:  0375702296 ISBN 13:  9780375702297
Editorial: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1999
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