Muhammad Ali: A Portrait in Words and Photographs

by Wilfrid Sheed

Book Overview

Wonderful color photos of the greatest boxer of all times. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0690009585
• ISBN13: 9780690009583
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Crowell
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Greatest In Technicolor

Before Michael Jordan, before Tom Brady, there was Muhammad Ali! This is book is a must have for Ali fans. It was published years before he passed away in 2016. However, It's a great photographic tribute to a man who unapologetically stood up for what he believed in. Muhammad is shown in all his bold, brash glory .

Great photos of Ali, but uninspired commentary

I remember when my uncle bought me this book for my birthday about 25 years ago. I loved the large colorful pictures, especially a 2 page layout of Ali glaring disdainfully at a retreating George Foreman. The pictures alone make the book a worthy purchase.But Sheed doesn't offer any insightful commentary on Ali other than his own biased meanderings. It isn't the best book on Ali in terms of historical worth and journalistic reporting. For that, I would read 'King of the World' or Thomas Hauser's authoritative biography, written with the full cooperation of Ali.