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To: JohnHuang2
Alex Haley marketed "Roots" as an authentic biography of his family.

He then had to admit that he made up a large portion of the story so it became a historical novel. OOOPS!

He then was sued for plagerism by the author of a book called "The African" and had to publicly admit that he lifted whole sections of his book from that other. OOOPS!

He lost the case and had to pay the other author a very big chunk of money in compensation. OOOPS!

It grinds me that a statue of this cheap fraudulent hack with adoring "historical" placques sits on the inner harbor walk in Annapolis, Maryland, put there by whiney guilt ridden liberals.

And no statue there to the woman called "Moses", Harriet Tubman who was a real person, born and raised in Maryland and ran the underground railway during the Civil War.

26 posted on 02/07/2013 8:27:32 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

BTTT


31 posted on 02/07/2013 6:03:49 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Jimmy Valentine

BTTT!

And, kudos.

“And no statue there to the woman called “Moses”, Harriet Tubman who was a real person, born and raised in Maryland and ran the underground railway during the Civil War.”

It’s so nice to see authentic, and historically correct, posts such as yours.

;o)


40 posted on 02/09/2013 12:20:30 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill.)
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