2007-02-14 22:11:26 · 9 answers · asked by Beauty I 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Alex Haley is the author of Roots although he sadi it was loosely based on the true story of his ancestors
2007-02-14 22:15:52 · answer #1 · answered by Nobody200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex Haley is the author of Roots.
2007-02-14 22:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by tatal_nostru2006 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alex haley was a black american, he taught himself to write during a 20 year career in the US coastguard. He became its first chief journalist,a position he held until retiring in 1959 when he became a magazine writer and interviewer. His first book was 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'. He then spent 12 years researching & writing Roots. Alex died in Seattle,Washington on 10th February 1992.
2007-02-15 01:23:48 · answer #3 · answered by munki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex
2007-02-14 22:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex Haley.
The 5th generation from the slave Kunta Kinte who was stolen from his african homeland to become a slave in America..
2007-02-16 05:34:39 · answer #5 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alex:
It was a TV series.
It was supposed to be based on his ansestors - but later it was dicovered that most of it was fiction.
The main character was Kunta Kinteh (sp)
2007-02-14 22:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
alex
2007-02-14 22:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by booge 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.kintehaley.org/foundation.html
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/H/htmlH/haleyalex/haleyalex.htm
2007-02-14 22:18:50 · answer #8 · answered by anwen55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Me Toby"!
2007-02-14 22:23:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋