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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
	Creators: Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Attallah Shabazz Publisher: Ballantine Books Category: Book List Price: ~~$7.99~~ Buy Used: $1.87 You Save: $6.12 (77%) New (68) Used (210) Collectible (11) from $1.87 Rating: 296 reviews Sales Rank: 1777 Media: Mass Market Paperback Pages: 460 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 ISBN: 0345350685 Dewey Decimal Number: 320.54092 EAN: 9780345350688 ASIN: 0345350685 Publication Date: November 1992 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Standard shipping arrives within 6-8 business days. This is the textbook only unless otherwise noted. Cover Wear, edge wear


Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Malcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist, the continued relevance of his militant analysis of white racism, and his emphasis on self-respect and self-help for African Americans. And there's the vividness with which he depicts black popular culture--try as he might to criticize those lindy hops at Boston's Roseland dance hall from the perspective of his Muslim faith, he can't help but make them sound pretty wonderful. These are but a few examples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X limns an archetypal journey from ignorance and despair to knowledge and spiritual awakening. When Malcolm tells coauthor Alex Haley, "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book," he voices the central belief underpinning every attempt to set down a personal story as an example for others. Although many believe his ethic was directly opposed to Martin Luther King Jr.'s during the civil rights struggle of the '60s, the two were not so different. Malcolm may have displayed a most un-Christian distaste for loving his enemies, but he understood with King that love of God and love of self are the necessary first steps on the road to freedom. --Wendy Smith Product Description If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malxolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the crucial truth about our times. "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." TEH NEW YORKTIMES