Sting Like a Bee
Sting Like a Bee A PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING FINALISTA tremendous new biography of Muhammad Ali that zeroes in on the moment Ali turned from an athlete to an activist-icon.Muhammad…
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Sting Like a Bee
A PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING FINALISTA tremendous new biography of Muhammad Ali that zeroes in on the moment Ali turned from an athlete to an activist-icon.Muhammad Ali: heavyweight champion, Olympic gold medalist, and cultural icon. But Ali was more than just a boxer. In Sting Like a Bee, bestselling author Lee Montville takes a close look at the famed boxer, whose bombastic persona was rivaled only by his athletic performance.
His story is the story of America in the late sixties, his life intersecting sports and pop culture, politics and the people. He renounced his "slave name," joined the Nation of Islam, and refused to join the military. Sting Like a Bee zeroes in on five important years of his life, putting the legend in context.
It's a portrait of an athlete and a portrait of America during a time of social unrest and earth-shaking