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To: rktman

[...] the original was, it turned out, to be a plagerized [sic] ficitional version of alex haley's imagination.

If I recall correctly, the "plagiarism" consisted of scores of "lifted" passages - not verbatim, but in spirit.

Regards,

54 posted on 04/06/2016 9:13:20 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)

To: alexander_busek

LOL! It’s the thought that counts. Yeah, the entire story wasn’t pilfered but more than enough to make haley’s claims suspect.

57 posted on 04/06/2016 9:17:08 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)

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