{"product_id":"ghosts-of-manila-9780060954802","title":"Ghosts of Manila","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier matchup had become a madness, inflamed by the media and the politics of race. When the \"Thrilla in Manila\" was over, one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Kram covered that fight for \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e in an award-winning article. Now his riveting book reappraises the boxers -- who they are and who they were. And in a voice as powerful as a heavyweight punch, Kram explodes the myths surrounding each fighter, particularly Ali. A controversial, no-holds-barred account, \u003cem\u003eGhosts of Manila\u003c\/em\u003e ranks with the finest boxing books ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKram, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Kram, Jr\u003c\/strong\u003e. won the 2013 PEN\/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for his first book, \u003cem\u003eLike Any Normal Day: A Story of Devotion. \u003c\/em\u003eArticles by him have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/em\u003e and will be included in the forthcoming anthology, \u003cem\u003eThe Great American Sports Page. \u003c\/em\u003eThe Society of Professional Journalists honored him with the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Award for feature writing. Formerly a sports writer in Philadelphia, Detroit, and Baltimore, he is the son of the late Mark Kram, the acclaimed journalist for \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eGhosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. \u003c\/em\u003eHe has edited a collection of his father's magazine pieces, \u003cem\u003eGreat Men Die Twice: The Selected Works of Mark Kram. \u003c\/em\u003eHe lives outside Philadelphia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917424922898,"sku":"9780060954802","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2653aad-0ebb-4162-9e22-89948805db0f.jpg?v=1738866893","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ghosts-of-manila-9780060954802","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}