Publisher Description
Did you know that Muhammad Ali was so terrified of flying on planes that he would bring a parachute? Or that he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bet you didn’t know that he had an official sweat-taster to determine how salty his sweat was after each match! Siblings Paige and Turner do?and they’ve collected some of the most unusual and surprising facts about him, from his childhood and the spark of his boxing career through his time as heavyweight champion of the world. Narrated by the two spirited siblings, Muhammad Ali Was a Chicken! is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman’s signature zany sense of humor.
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About Dan Gutman
Dan Gutman is the bestselling author of the several series of books for children, including the Genius Files, the Baseball Card Adventures, the My Weird School series, and others. His Honus & Me was adapted into a made-for-television movie called The Winning Season. Visit him on his weird website at www.DanGutman.com.
About the Narrators
James Fouhey is an actor and narrator living in New York City. He received classical training at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has recorded more than forty audiobooks across a variety of genres, including science fiction, romance, young adult fiction, and children’s fiction.
Elizabeth Cottle
is an actress, singer, and theater director based in Northwest Ohio. She earned
a BFA in communication arts and musical theater from Ohio Northern University,
where she received an Irene Ryan Nomination. She is a veteran of more than
thirty community theater productions and was recognized for Excellence in
Acting by the Ohio Community Theatre Association. In addition to her theater
background, Cottle has a wide variety of performing experience, from serving
as lead vocalist with a jazz orchestra, to filming commercials, to doing improvised sketch comedy.