![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Haley was sued for plagiarism by Harold Courlander, author of the novel "The Africans," and paid him $650,000 in an out-of-court settlement. Haley from soon after the book's publication up until his death in February 1992. Accusations that portions of "Roots"(Doubleday hard cover, Dell paperback) were plagiarized or concocted plagued Mr. "I asked her why she was dealing with it and she told me that Morrow was specifically selling it as a novel," he said. He said he was surprised when the fiction buyer for the chain came in to discuss the book. "I looked at the catalogue and said, 'Nonfiction,' " said Bob Wietrak, director of merchandising for Barnes & Noble Inc. The catalogue reads in part, "Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece, 'Roots,' told the story of his maternal forebears 'Alex Haley's Queen' depicts the five interracial generations of his father's family."īut when sales representatives from Morrow went to talk to booksellers and wholesalers a few weeks ago, as part of their annual pitch for the company's books, they said "Queen" was a novel. Roots Revisited When booksellers received the William Morrow spring catalogue earlier this year, they read the description of "Alex Haley's Queen" and assumed it was an autobiographical, historical book that would be shelved in their nonfiction sections. ![]()
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