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Entries in Ali (2)

Sunday
Sep192021

Book Pick of the Week: Muhammad Ali: The Untold Story

This is an amazing look at Ali outside the ring and his creativity.

For most people, it’s a little known fact Cassius Clay Sr. was a house painter as well as fine arts painter in his hometown Louisville and that he shared his love of the arts and encouraged his son, known globally as Muhammad Ali, to explore his artistic side.

Over the years, Ali expressed himself beautifully and produced a large number of drawings, paintings and, poetry over the years. In 1977, historian, Rodney Hilton Brown, veteran, collector, and author, was the owner of an art gallery in Manhattan. He met  Muhammad Ali at a charity boxing match in Boston. They formed a friendship and partnership that lasted for the rest of Ali’s lifetime. Rodney became the greatest boxer of all time’s art dealer, friend, confidant, representative to the United Nations, and business.  Ali lovingly nicknamed him “The Vanilla Brother.”   

Rodney, now in his seventh decade, felt the time was ripe to tell his story and share his never-before-revealed memories about the decades he spent with “the greatest of all time” with the world.  The result is MUHAMMAD ALI: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet, and Prophet.

Hilton-Brown’s rare and extensive collection of Muhammad Ali’s artwork and some other items will be sold at auction this coming October 5, 2021, in the morning at Bonhams in Manhattan and online.

There are so many interesting facts and images in this book!

Order here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/gp/product/B09278NYXT?pf_rd_r=HN79B854FK0A4K0MXX6H&pf_rd_p=998a331d-e630-4be2-89e8-2b12acda8926&pd_rd_r=559aeade-82b3-4a78-820e-49d9649fe13c&pd_rd_w=JxMZn&pd_rd_wg=uVPqh&ref_=pd_gw_unk

 

Sunday
Apr292018

Kindle Book Pick of the Week: Ali on Ali

A book from Ali's daughter, Hana Ali.

Go inside the Ali family like never before.

Compiled and written by his daughter Hana Ali, with sportswriter Danny Peary, Ali on Ali brings together a remarkable mix of Ali’s 70 most humorous, poignant, inspirational, political, and philosophical quotes, all with their origins.

Here’s Ali’s enduring boast, “I am the greatest!”—and how it was inspired by professional wrestler Gorgeous George. The story behind one of the most memorably poetic lines of the century—“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” The heard-round-the-world defiance of “I ain’t got no quarrel with them Viet Cong,” and its moving context. And the stories behind quotes ranging from outrage—“We been in jail for 400 years,” to inspiration—“I hated every minute of training, but I said ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion,’” to that infectious combination of humor and bravado—“If you even dream of beating me you better wake up and apologize.”

Get it in Kindle form and keep all the great Ali quotes with you at times.

Order it here: https://www.amazon.com/Ali-Why-Said-What-When-ebook/dp/B075FH8MVN/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1525004948&sr=8-1