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03321aam a22005418i 4500 001 A5F6624A699811E59AC1CA7ADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 150527s2015 nyu 000 0beng 010 $a 2015016043 020 $a 1137279605 : HRD 020 $a 9781137279606 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a E185.97.H24 $b N68 2015 100 1 $a Norrell, Robert J. $q (Robert Jefferson). 245 10 $a Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation / $b And the Books That Changed a Nation $c Robert J. Norrell. 260 $a $b St Martins Pr $c 2015 263 $a 1511 300 $a 272 p. ; 510 $a FT5J 510 $a KRP5 510 $a LI5S 510 $a U5H2 510 $a XNOS 510 $a ZA5J 510 $a ZB5J 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Haley, Alex. 650 0 $a African American journalists $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authors, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 600 10 $a Haley, Alex. $t Autobiography of Malcom X. 600 10 $a Haley, Alex. $t Roots. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. $2 bisacsh 856 42 $3 Cover image $u http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/606/9781137279606/image/lgcover.9781137279606.jpg 941 $a 11 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417013829.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019023628.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722051107.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210105034634.0 952 $l VSPC034 $d 20171028010329.0 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20170815011528.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826041307.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20160405014302.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20160224010620.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151215010230.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20151202011211.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A5F6624A699811E59AC1CA7ADAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search