Alex Haley's Queen by Alex Haley

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Alex Haley's Queen by Alex Haley

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Summary

Opening in Ireland, this book follows the author's family history from his great-great-grandfather, James Jackson to Queen, his grandmother. James Jackson was sent to the US from Ireland and there his son and a slave, Easter, had a daughter - Queen, Alex Haley's grandmother.

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Alex Haley's Queen by Alex Haley

Opening in Ireland, this book follows the story of Alex Haley's Irish great-great grandfather, James Jackson, sent to the United States, where he established the Forks of Cypress plantation in Alabama and raised his family. His son formed a romantic attachment to the beautiful strong willed slave, Easter, and together they had a daughter, Queen, Alex Haley's grandmother. After the Civil War, Queen left the plantation a free woman, tried to find her identity in a world in which she looked white but was regarded as black. She eventually married Alec Haley, a ferryboat operator, and together they strove to provide everything possible for their growing family. The culmination of Queen's dreams was when her last-born son, Simon, graduated from college, just one generation up from slavery. Alex Haley wrote the Pulitzer-Prize winning book "Roots".

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ISBN 13 9780333607657
ISBN 10 0333607651
Title Alex Haley's Queen
Author Alex Haley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1993-09-10
Number of pages 670
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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