Approaching Ali
A Reclamation in Three Acts
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 1988, then struggling writer and movie store manager Davis Miller met his childhood idol, Muhammad Ali. Nearly thirty years later, the two friends have an uncommon bond, the sort that is fortified through shared experiences. In Approaching Ali, Miller...
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In 1988, then struggling writer and movie store manager Davis Miller met his childhood idol, Muhammad Ali. Nearly thirty years later, the two friends have an uncommon bond, the sort that is fortified through shared experiences. In Approaching Ali, Miller gives us a series of extraordinary stories that coalesce to become a moving introduction to the human side of a boxing legend.
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In 1988, then struggling writer and movie store manager Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Alis mothers modest Louisville house, knocked on the door and introduced himself to his childhood idol. Nearly thirty years later, the two friends have an uncommon bond, the sort that is fortified through shared experiences. Miller now draws from those remarkable moments to give us a beautifully written portrait of a great man physically devastated but spiritually young - playing mischievous tricks on unsuspecting guests, performing sleight of hand for any willing audience and walking ten miles each way to grab an ice cream sundae. Following in the contemporary tradition of writers such as Gay Talese and Nick Hornby, Miller gives us a series of extraordinary stories that coalesce to become a moving introduction to the human side of a boxing legend.
Autoren-Porträt von Davis Miller
Davis Miller's writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, Esquire, Sport magazine, Sports Illustrated, and numerous other periodicals. His first published story, 'My Dinner with Ali', was voted by the Sunday Magazine Editors Association to be the best essay published in a newspaper magazine in the U.S. in 1989. His story 'The Zen of Muhammad Ali' was nominated for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing; that piece was later included in the 1994 edition of The Best American Sports Writing. Davis Miller has two children, Johanna and Isaac, and lives near Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Davis Miller
- 2016, 240 Seiten, 25 Abbildungen, Maße: 16 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Norton
- ISBN-10: 1631491156
- ISBN-13: 9781631491153
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.11.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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