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John Warner Smith<\/a><\/h2>\n

Muhammed’s Mountain<\/h3>\n

ISBN:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>978-1-944884-43-7\u00a0(pbk.)
\n(September, 2018)<\/p>\n

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Muhammad\u2019s Mountain<\/em>, the first-ever book-length collection of poetry on the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali, consists of 45 poems, tracing the entire spectrum of outward events and inner forces that made Ali one of the most recognized figures in the world\u2014the boyhood years in Louisville, Ali\u2019s rise to the top of the boxing world, his conviction and subsequent government-imposed exile for refusing to be inducted into the military, Ali\u2019s return to the ring, and the final phase of his life in which he battled Parkinson\u2019s disease while serving as an ambassador for world peace. But as Charles deGravelles, author of the best seller, Billy Canon: A Long, Long Run, notes, \u201cThis is no boxing book. The complex\u2014even seemingly contradictory\u2014nature of this towering figure is explored poem by poem, carrying with it along the way the sweep of the second half of the American twentieth century.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last section of the book, \u201cSeeking God,\u201d symbolically depicts Ali\u2019s journey up the mountain of self-actualization, an individual feat seldom achieved. Tested by Parkinson\u2019s, Ali\u2019s spiritual quest for immortality takes him to the top of the mountain, where, \u201cin the blindness of a bitter, wintry storm, his feeble hands let go of the snowy rock and took hold of faith, full of breath and countless acts of kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith gives us the whole Ali: gifted athlete and greatest fighter of all time, a man of uncommon courage and conviction, and the messenger for peace, who, for love of mankind, was willing to bare his brokenness to the world. This is a book of lessons for all races and ages, and all generations\u2014present and future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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