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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.

Average rating: 4.39 · 453,895 ratings · 14,914 reviews · 85 distinct worksSimilar authors
Roots: The Saga of an Ameri...

4.45 avg rating — 163,895 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions
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Queen

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4.24 avg rating — 3,201 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions
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Mama Flora's Family

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4.20 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 1998 — 11 editions
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A Different Kind of Christmas

3.71 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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ஏழு தலைமுறைகள் [Ezhu Thalai...

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4.54 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions
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The Playboy Interviews

4.36 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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The Man Who Traced America'...

4.38 avg rating — 50 ratings2 editions
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Raízes II

4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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Raízes I

4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings5 editions
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A Flag for Our Country

3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1992 — 4 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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