Award-winning author Walter Dean Myers traces Muhammad Ali’s journey from a Louisville childhood as Cassius Clay to his rise as heavyweight champion, capturing the courage and conviction behind the brash public persona known as the Louisville Lip.
Written for young readers, the book follows Ali through his political stands and his long battle with Parkinson’s disease, while also examining the toll boxing took on him and other greats of the sport.
Published 2001
192 pages
$5.50