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Alex Haley


Born
in Ithaca, New York, The United States
August 11, 1921

Died
February 10, 1992

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Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the latter of which he wrote in collaboration with Malcolm X.

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A Different Kind of Christmas

3.72 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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The Playboy Interviews

4.37 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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The Man Who Traced America'...

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Raízes II

4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.”
Alex Haley

“The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.”
Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage- to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness. ”
Alex Haley

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2nd Quarter 2018 (April-June) Long Read Poll

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  63 votes, 15.9%

 
  62 votes, 15.6%

The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages
 
  42 votes, 10.6%

 
  35 votes, 8.8%

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  29 votes, 7.3%

 
  28 votes, 7.1%

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  23 votes, 5.8%

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  22 votes, 5.5%

 
  20 votes, 5.0%

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  20 votes, 5.0%

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  15 votes, 3.8%

 
  11 votes, 2.8%

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  9 votes, 2.3%

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  6 votes, 1.5%

 
  5 votes, 1.3%

 
  4 votes, 1.0%

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  3 votes, 0.8%

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