[DOC] [TLE] The Django Problem And The Tangled History Of "Roots" - BuzzFeed [PAR] Jun 1, 2016 ... Alex Haley's blockbuster book and miniseries came under fire for taking ... now 
generally accepted that Roots is more historical fiction than history. ... If Roots 
was a failure as a historical text, it was nonetheless closer to the truth of slavery 
than ... in 1976, he described it as faction, a combination of the two. [DOC] [TLE] Alex Haley's Facts Can Be Doubted, But Not His Truths ... [PAR] Mar 10, 1993 ... Alex Haley's Hoax: How the Celebrated Author Faked the Pulitzer ... When he 
was alive, he dodged calling "Roots" non-fiction or even historical fiction. ... like "
faction," much like Norman Mailer used "factoid" to describe his... [DOC] [TLE] Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Wikipedia [PAR] The release of the novel, combined with its hugely popular television adaptation, 
... described as "faction" and was sold in the non-fiction section of bookstores. ... 
Edward Kosner, reviewing the volume Alex Haley by Robert J. Norrell, said that 
..... were based on facts which he had confirmed through historical documents. [DOC] [TLE] Directed by Himself: Steve McQueen's Twelve Years a Slave ... [PAR] However, even Alex Haley's monumental franchise on US slavery comes under 
re. ... on Haley's novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), aired to 
a record ... While Haley described his novel as faction, both fact and ction, 
critics .... Odyssey provides an inter- esting counterpoint to McQueen's 
blockbuster. [DOC] [TLE] Bio of Alex Haley - Essays Database [PAR] Feb 10, 1992 ... Alex Haley (1921-1992) is the celebrated author of Roots: The Saga of an ... 
Haley himself described the book as "faction," a mixture of fact and fiction. ... 
monograph of little social impact, Haley has written a blockbuster in the best ... 
For months after the publication of Roots in October 1976, Haley signed at... [DOC] [TLE] University of Pardubice Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Two Views of ... [PAR] Jul 1, 2005 ... Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and by Alex Haley in Roots to ... slavery; Twain, 
Mark; Haley, Alex; Jim; Kinte, Kunta; comparison ..... ancestry in the form of a 
cross between a historical account and a work of fiction. .... (Franklin and Moss, 
37) In fact, this quotation suggests that the ...... [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1976. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding By David ... [PAR] It is for those unafraid to be stimulated by facts and ideas that may well question 
established beliefs. .... might detect elements of an oppositional personality in his 
self-description. ...... A race is a more or less distinct combination of inherited 
physiological, ...... Roots found its own roots in Alex Haley's book of the same title. [DOC] [TLE] New Musical Express articles, interviews and reviews from Rock's ... [PAR] THE COLOURFUL combination of Bob Dylan, Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, 
John ...... CONSIDER, if you will, the disturbing fact that Ray Davies wants to be 
Walt Disney; ... Hollies hit, 'On A Carousel' include Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and "
Doddy". .... ROLLING Stone Brian Jones once described himself as "a straight 
Ernie. [DOC] [TLE] THE DEPICTION OF THE WORKING CLASS IN AMERICAN FILMS ... [PAR] western set in the Great Depression; Jaws (1975), a blockbuster film about a ... (
1976), a film that signals the emergence of the ethnic working-class hero; and ..... 
In fact, many early films by worker filmmakers were designed to move the .... 
combined class desire and the reformulation of the idea of American ...... 
Alexander. [DOC] [TLE] The Fame of Dead Man's Deeds - JR's Rare Books and Commentary [PAR] As a matter of fact, Pierce had a holstered weapon strapped to his waist at that 
very ..... These pages contained the fictional revolutionary

Question: Alex Haley described this 1976 blockbuster as "faction", a combination of fact & fiction
Answer: Roots