Flashing Before My Eyes: 50 Years of Headlines, Deadlines & Punchlines
William Morrow, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by MUHAMMAD ALI and DICK SCHAAP. The stated first edition of Dick Schaap's memoir, recounting, among many other things, his conversations with Ali. In a bright, unclipped jacket, with only the most minor of bumping to extremities. 9.5 x 6.5". 'When Muhammad Ali was eighteen years old and still Cassius Clay, before he fought his first professional fight, I visited him in his hometown of Louisville. One afternoon, as we drove down a main street, I stopped at a traffic light and noticed a lovely young woman who happened to be white standing on the corner. "Boy, she's pretty! I said to Clay, and he grabbed my shoulder and said, "You crazy, man? You can get electrocuted for that! A Jew looking at a white girl in Kentucky.' (page 2). Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2026-S97
ISBN: 9780380975129
Price: $125.00