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Robert “Jeff” Norrell‘s new biography, Alex Haley and the Books That Changed a Nation, continues to garner national acclaim. The Wall Street Journal and the Atlanta Journal Constitution both recently reviewed the book, which explores Haley’s literary influence.

Read the Wall Street Journal review here. (Login required.) The Atlanta Journal Constitution review is also available online.

Tribune Media also reviewed the book and distributed the article to its various partner newspapers.

Norrell is the Bernadotte Schmitt Chair of Excellence in the Department of History.