King of the world: Muhammad Ali and the rise of an American hero

Prologue : In Michigan ; Part one : Underground man

Two minutes, six seconds

Mr. Fury and Mr. Gray

Stripped ; Part two : The bicycle thief

Twentieth-century exuberance

Secrets

Hype ; Part three : The corss and the crescent

Bear hunting

"Eat you words!"

The changeling ; Part four : "Save me, Joe Louis..."

Gunfire

The anchor punch

What's in a name? ; Epilogue : Old men by the fire ; Notes on sources and acknowledgments ; Index.