![]() He is facing accusations that his "saga of an American family" - a blend of history, genealogy and novelistic techniques that is one of the most successful books in American history, is factually inaccurate and, where it is fictional, unoriginal perhaps even plagiarized.Ī suit for "copyright infringement" was filed in federal court late last week claiming that Haley's book is "largely copied" from Margaret Walker's 1966 novel, "Jubilee." ![]() "It just seems like open season on 'Roots,'" says Alex Haley, his voice both resigned and a little dismayed as it comes over the phone from Miami. ![]()
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