Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots.
This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women.
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- ISBN: 9780306824852
- ISBN: 030682485X
- Physical Description: xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, A member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
- Copyright: ©1974
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General Note: | "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's Digest."--Title page verso. "Now a major History event series"--Cover. |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 185.97 .H35 A3 2014 | 30775305532849 | General Collection | Available | - |