Great Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali

Great Lives in Graphics: Muhammad Ali is an illustrated retelling of Ali’s life and sporting career, encompassing topics from the history of boxing to the Civil Rights movement in the US.

You may already know that Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers and sports personalities of all time – an Olympic gold medallist and three-time world heavyweight champion. But did you know that more than a billion people watched his prize fight against George Foreman in 1974? Or that he was a minister in the Nation of Islam? Or that he was prevented from boxing for 3 ½ years and almost went to jail for refusing to fight in the Vietnam War?Great Lives in Graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour, presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way. It takes the essential dates and achievements of each person’s life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for children and young adults. The result is a colourful, fascinating and often surprising representation of that person’s life, work and legacy. Using timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.