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Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali´s Last Fight
Dave Hannigan
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Description for Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali´s Last Fight
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a municipal baseball field outside Nassau. A phalanx of sportswriters had pushed and shoved their way into this tiny, breeze-blocked space. In this most unlikely of settings, they had come to record the last moments of the most storied of all boxing careers. They had come to intrude upon the grief. It's over, mumbled Ali. It's over. The show that had entertained and wowed from Zaire to Dublin, from Hamburg to Manila, finally ... Read more
On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a municipal baseball field outside Nassau. A phalanx of sportswriters had pushed and shoved their way into this tiny, breeze-blocked space. In this most unlikely of settings, they had come to record the last moments of the most storied of all boxing careers. They had come to intrude upon the grief. It's over, mumbled Ali. It's over. The show that had entertained and wowed from Zaire to Dublin, from Hamburg to Manila, finally ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sports Publishing LLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781613218983
SKU
V9781613218983
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Ref
99-15
About Dave Hannigan
Dave Hannigan is columnist with the Irish Times (Dublin), the Evening Echo (Cork) and the Irish Echo (New York). He's a professor of history at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, and resides in Setauket, New York. This is his ninth book.
Reviews for Drama in the Bahamas: Muhammad Ali´s Last Fight
Hannigan's book excels here with well-chosen quotations painting the unique status, even among athletes, of the boxer.
The New York Times Book Review It's a brilliant piece of reportage, full of quirks and factoids from an almost unrecognisable time and place. If it was fiction, it would be thoroughly enjoyable. The fact that it's all ... Read more
The New York Times Book Review It's a brilliant piece of reportage, full of quirks and factoids from an almost unrecognisable time and place. If it was fiction, it would be thoroughly enjoyable. The fact that it's all ... Read more