Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation
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Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation
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The work Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
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- Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert J. Norrell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 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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- Provided by publisher
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/auhor
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- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 973/.0496073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.97.H24
- LC item number
- N68 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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