Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest (31 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

P
ulitzer Prize nominee Thomas Hauser is the author of fifty books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. He is widely recognized as the world’s preeminent writer on “the sweet science” and, in particular, Muhammad Ali. Hauser has won the prestigious Prix Lafayette, the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism, and the Haviva Reik Award. He lives in New York City.

BOOKS BY THOMAS HAUSER

GENERAL NON-FICTION

Missing

The Trial of Patrolman Thomas Shea

For Our Children
(with Frank Macchiarola)

The Family Legal Companion

Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl
(with Dr. Robert Gale)

Arnold Palmer: A Personal Journey

Confronting America’s Moral Crisis
(with Frank Macchiarola)

Healing: A Journal of Tolerance and Understanding

With This Ring
(with Frank Macchiarola)

Thomas Hauser on Sports

Reflections

BOXING NON-FICTION

The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing

Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

Muhammad Ali: Memories

Muhammad Ali: In Perspective

Muhammad Ali & Company

A Beautiful Sickness

A Year at the Fights

Brutal Artistry

The View from Ringside

Chaos, Corruption, Courage, and Glory

The Lost Legacy of Muhammad Ali

I Don’t Believe It, But It’s True

Knockout
(with Vikki LaMotta)

The Greatest Sport of All

The Boxing Scene

An Unforgiving Sport

Boxing Is . . .

Box: The Face of Boxing

The Legend of Muhammad Ali
(with Bart Barry)

Winks and Daggers

And the New . . .

Straight Writes and Jabs

Thomas Hauser on Boxing

A Hurting Sport

Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to The Greatest

FICTION

Ashworth & Palmer

Agatha’s Friends

The Beethoven Conspiracy

Hanneman’s War

The Fantasy

Dear Hannah

The Hawthorne Group

Mark Twain Remembers

Finding the Princess

Waiting for Carver Boyd

The Final Recollections of Charles Dickens

The Baker’s Tale

FOR CHILDREN

Martin Bear & Friends

MUHAMMAD ALI

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Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Hauser

First Pegasus Books cloth edition 2016

Interior design by Maria Fernandez

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ISBN: 978-1-68177-169-4

ISBN: 978-1-68177-176-2 (e-book)

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