Haley settled in Greenwich Village in New York City, determined to make his name as a journalist. When Haley retired from the service in 1959, he was a mature, self-taught writer. He began writing to counteract the tedium of life at sea. Haley completed high school at the age of 15 and attended two years of college, but was uninspired by his studies and left school to join the United States Coast Guard.
This exposure directed the course of much of Haley’s work as an adult. Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, and grew up in Henning, Tennessee, with maternal relatives who spent many hours telling family stories, some of which extended back to Africa.
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