Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation

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Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation

Statement of responsibility

Robert J. Norrell

Creator

• Norrell, Robert J., (Robert Jefferson)

Contributor

• Haley, Alex

Subject

• Haley, Alex
• Biographies
• African American journalists -- Biography
• Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
• HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

Genre

• Biographies
• Biography

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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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