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Alex Haley: and the Books that Changed a Nation
Robert J. Norrell
St. Martin's Press
November 2015
On Sale: November 10, 2015
ISBN: 1137279605
EAN: 9781137279606
Kindle: B00WDW06HA
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Non-Fiction Biography
It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by
one author that have had as much influence on American
culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental
bestsellers, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), and
Roots (1976). They changed the way white and black America
viewed each other and the country's history. This first
biography of Haley follows him from his childhood in
relative privilege in deeply segregated small town Tennessee
to fame and fortune in high powered New York City. It was in
the Navy, that Haley discovered himself as a writer, which
eventually led his rise as a star journalist in the heyday
of magazine personality profiles. At Playboy Magazine, Haley
profiled everyone from Martin Luther King and Miles Davis to
Johnny Carson and Malcolm X, leading to their collaboration
on The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Roots was for Haley a
deeper, more personal reach. The subsequent book and
miniseries ignited an ongoing craze for family history, and
made Haley one of the most famous writers in the country.
Roots sold half a million copies in the first two months of
publication, and the original television miniseries was
viewed by 130 million people. Haley died in 1992. This deeply researched and compelling
book by Robert J. Norrell offers the perfect opportunity to
revisit his authorship, his career as one of the first
African American star journalists, as well as an especially
dramatic time of change in American history.
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