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The book tells about his life as a boxer.It told how he struggled to get the championship belt. It told how he was sent to prison for draft evasion because he didn't want to fight in a war.It told how hard it was to keep a championship belt when all these new fighters arose. It also told about his illness, Parkinson's syndrome. All and all it was a really good book.

this book has very good sayings of everyday ife and how a muslim should be, i am not using too many big confusing words, this book teaches everyone to love one another and not to harm others.

Beautiful. Expresses the themes and feelings that come from an identity with a particular place which is a universal experience. Love, home, self, loss, wonder, birth, time, the sweet and sardonic goings on of one's community, and one's own life there. Taha may be Palestinian, but to me he is affiliated with the monks of Tibet who sit on platforms in the Himalayas, on the roof of the world, and chant, constantly, weaving us with their chests and humming into the rythms of order in universe. And if you ever have the chance to see and hear him, you'll agree, I think.

This book is great for all readers and is a great biography that puts you in the mind of a writer. You will feel like you are actually there witnissing these masterfull events.

David Remnick's biography of Muhammad Ali covers not just the career of one extraordinary fighter, but the widely encompassing sweep of his historical time. The book begins by sharply examining heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and the unique qualities he brought to the America of his day, a quiet, soft spoken man who carried himself with dignity. Remnick then traces the rocky road to the championship for Sonny Liston, which was achieved after a stop at a federal penitentiary. Liston longed for acclaim from the public, and hoped he would get it after dispatching Patterson in their 1962 title fight in Chicago. A restless, brooding man, Liston would move from St. Louis, to Philadephia, then west to Denver and ultimately Las Vegas.

Ali's brash behavior in demanding a shot at Liston's title was part calculated strategy, part show business, boosting his recognition level all the while, building on the name value he began achieving after winning a gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Eventually his loud bravado would convince Liston that he was actually crazy.

When Ali won the title from Liston in 1964 in Miami Beach many boxing authorities and fans thought his win a fluke. He then defeated Liston in a controversial rematch in Lewiston, Maine, a one round knockout many believed resulted from Liston lying down on the job. Remnick disagrees, quoting Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee and others in accepting that Liston happened to walk into a well-placed blow that traveled a short distance, but was substantial enough to accomplish its objective. Remnick also points out that Liston bore the fate of reaching the title after his prime, and might well have achieved a longer, more far reaching destiny as champion had the fates been kinder.

The high point of Remnick's dramatic account of a highly colorful American figure arrives when he tackles Ali's refusal to be drafted into the Army. Remnick does an excellent job of presenting and analyzing with sharp critical intelligence the forces at work during the sixties who admired Ali's stand along with those who opposed it, some of whom bitterly hated him. He does an excellent job of describing how African-Americans reacted to Ali as a fighter and a man, particularly at the critical moment when he stood up to political forces who sought to pressure him to be drafted into the Army during the highly controversial Vietnam War.

This is a book that provides a sociological panorama of Ali and his time. As such, this broad landscape is an invaluable work which enhances reader understanding of a controversial period of American history.

David Remnick's King of the World conveys the complexity of the man Muhammad Ali, both outspoken and tender, as it traces his early years as a young aspiring boxer and the events surrounding his first heavyweight championship. The book provides an inside look at the boxing establishment in the 1950s and 1960s and how it exploited and used young African American boxers, among them Liston and Patterson. Ali is unique among the boxers of that era, sustained by a strong sense of self and purpose. I was particularly intrigued by the description of Ali's religious journey and by the inner peace that characterizes him today. This book portrays a slice of American life, exposing the beauty of one human being, the drama of his life, and the racism that could have destroyed him but did not. Read this book and enjoy it!

Remnick's multi-facted biography of Classius Cly (Muhammad Ali) places into the focus the young champion as he was in the beginning, before he became a legend (faults included), and in my case, a hero. Most compelling were the mini-biographies of Liston, Pattterson, Malcom X, the various sport writers. These helped to place perspective into the story and let the reader be a part of those times. How soon we forget the overt racism that was ingrained in American life not so long along. I have never been a boxing fan, but have long admired Ali as a person who had the courage to do the right thing. Today it is easy to look back casually remark that his accomplishments were as a boxer. However, Remnick's Clay/Ali paints the brash (in those days the word uppity would have been used)confident young Negro that challenged existing conventions and won. We might even say that nobody ever "walked the talked" like Ali did. Yes, he was neither the bad negro or the good negro, he was and became Muhammad Ali, a negro who stood as an independent man, ready to change the way others preceived himself and the members of his race. Ali should go down not only as a great boxer, not only as a man that help to end the draft, but a man that helped to change the way Americans look at African-Americans. Ali is one of the true icons of American History.

The book I read was awsome. I would reccomend this book to anybody boxing and boxers. This book tells you all about his life. To when he was a kid to a boxer.

I strongly believe that this book is a wonderful description of the life of one of the greatest boxers of all time. Starting with his early childhood, Robert Lipsyte describes Muhammad Ali's life in complete detail. He describes the events that Muhammad had to go through and the obstacles he had to overcome on his way to achieving the title "The World's Greatest!" After reading this book, you will understand the life and times of the man who could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

This photograph journal traced Muhammad Ali's 30 years journey thru life. It started with introductory notes written by the Man himself & his wife (Lonnie Ali), Bill Cosby, Nelson Mandela, Henry Cooper (just to name a few), mainly discussing the bond between the photographer & the man himself, how they percepted the great boxer on & off the limelight. Muhammad Ali wasn't simply the loud mouth, the lover, the Islam, the winner, the loser, but truth to be told, he's also a devoted son to his parents, a loving father to his children, a dedicated husband to his wives, the charitable one to the downtrodden, the funny bone, the generosity one towards humankind, a courageous fighter who's fighting the greatest battle of his life against the Parkinson Disease, but mostly, he's like one of us, a mortal who needs a friend during his most fragile hour and that friend he found in Howard Bingham. Thru his lens, & without censorship from the Man, we caught a glimpse of Muhammad Ali that we rarely saw from other footage & only then, we realised he's not that icon that we grew up with but he's simply one of our kind. This journal is compiled with much thoughts & sensibility & it's such a joy & heart warming to browse thru. A complementary journal that goes well with the book, King of the World written by David Remnick. Highly recommended.

Howard Bingham's wonderfully intimate photographs tell a fine story not only of the life of Muhammad Ali, but also of the tightly-woven texture of his friendship with "The Greatest". The photos capture fresh visual perspectives on events already familiar to many Ali fans, and provide welcome peekaboos into other, perhaps lesser-known occurrences (such as Ali in a leg cast looking none-too-pleased after an ill-fated match with a Japanese wrestler). One of my personal favorites is a photo of the champion standing together with three women, each of whom would be his wife. This book is a treasure which could and should be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates photo essays. As for Ali fans, it is essential! Mr. Bingham will no doubt find himself with many new admirers -- count me as one of them

In this book, Davis Miller describes the influence that Muhammad Ali has had in his life. The reader is shown how, as a teenage boy, Miller came to adore Ali, and how this love had a hugely positive impact upon the author's development as a man. Later, when he meets his hero and shares friendship with him, we see how Miller feels somehow directed in his development as a writer as a result of his relationship with the great boxer. This book is not about Ali, at one point in the book the writer even makes it clear that he is not really interested in the facts of Ali's life, rather it is about the power of Ali to inspire and uplift those people with whom he comes into contact. My only concern about this book is the degree of worship accorded to Ali by the writer. It is difficult for me to 'buy into' the elusive simplicity with which the author appears to view the world, but I chose to read the book anyway and I must say that I enjoyed it. I'd like to finish by saying! that I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the ability of those special, rare people to positively inspire others and make a difference in their lives.

Wonderful story. Tells of how Mr. Ali affected an 'underdogs' life & gave him strength to become a writer- even though he (the author) failed english as a subject in high school. This book is not just for sport/boxing lovers. My bookclub (all women) loved it.

I was given this book as a Christmas present and read it in one long sitting. It's an amazing story that I believe millions of people would love if they only knew about it. No one I know seems to have heard of this book. It's as good, or better, than anything I've read in years and years. It's not written for Muhammad Ali fans so much as it's written for PEOPLE -- I can't help but believe that a story this inspiring just has to eventually catch on, by word of mouth if no other way. It reads as timelessly as a Dickens novel, yet it's very American and contemporary. And I can see it as a movie with maybe Tom Hanks or John Cusack as Davis Miller, Robert Duvall as Miller's dad, and maybe some unknown actor as Ali. The Ali in this story is not the young, brash, too loud boxer, but sort of a real world grandfather-grandmother-Yoda-Zen monk figure. I've never read anything like this book but I want to see more from Davis Miller. And I expect to read The Tao of Muhammad Ali many, many times.

This is a fast reading book, the author knows what he is talking about - thank goodness If you are a boxing fan I truly recommend this.....

Although the edition I have is pretty old and the most recent interviews were taken in the 1970s this book is still a fantastic look at the lifes of many of the 20th centuries top boxers. Each boxers story is told in a single chapter and in their OWN words. Its brilliant reading about how these champions grew up, what led them to boxing and how they have survived. As well as the Jack Dempsey's, Jake LaMotta's many other 'lesser known' boxers are featured but their stories are just, if not more interesting. A great insight into 20th century american life from those whose lifes have often been the hardest.

Great reading!!!

This is a wonderful book. It is the type of book one savours as one might enjoy a good glass of wine or an extrordinary meal. As a history teacher I've used it in the classroom to explain historical periods and sports. You buy this one! You will not be disappointed.