ALEX HALEY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 03/03/1988 - HFSID 269672
Price: $240.00
THE AUTHOR OF ROOTS WRITES A CHECK FOR "JAMAICAN
RESEARCH"
ALEX HALEY. Check filled out and signed: "Alex
Haley", 6x2¾. Norris, Tennessee, 1988 March 3. Check No. 349, drawn
on his personal account at First Tennessee bank, Knoxville, Tennessee, payable
to Elaine Duval for $500. Noted by Haley to be for "Jamaican
research". Endorsed: "Elainie Duval" on verso. Already known
as the author of a definitive biography of black leader Malcolm X, author
Alex Haley (1921-1992) created a sensation-and single-handedly launched a new
interest in genealogy-with his book, Roots. The saga, which traced
his African roots, was first excerpted in "Reader's Digest" before publication
in book form in 1976. The story, which was televised as a successful
miniseries in 1977, resulted in a number of awards for Haley, including the
National Book Award, a special Pulitzer Prize and the NAACP's
Spingarn Medal, as well as several honorary doctor of letters degrees for
his research, which spanned 12 years. Lightly creased. Minor show through of
bank stamp on verso at blank area. Fine condition.
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