Free to Be Muhammad Ali (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Lipsyte
- First Published: 1978
- Time of Work: 1954–1978
- Setting: Louisville, Kentucky; Rome, Italy; and various venues of Ali’s boxing matches and training sites
- Principal Characters: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.), Angelo Dundee, Robert Lipsyte, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Islam, Muslims, Boxing, Athletes, Sports, Biography, Frogs, Olympic Games
- Locales: Rome, Italy, Louisville, KY
Form and Content
Free to Be Muhammad Ali covers almost the entire sweep of Ali’s life in boxing. Robert Lipsyte relates Ali’s life story beginning at the age of twelve, when he first became enamored of the sport, through triumphs, banishment from boxing in 1967 for refusing to be drafted into the Army, to a comeback in 1970, and a loss in 1971 to Joe Frazier. The book then depicts Ali regaining the heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in 1974 and concludes with Leon Spinks’s 1978 upset victory over Ali. Not included is Ali’s defeat of Spinks later in...
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