Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley with 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780306824852
- ISBN: 030682485X
- Physical Description: xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st Da Capo Press edition
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, 2014.
- Copyright: ©1974
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- First published by Doubleday in 1976; copyright on verso: 1974.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1330L Lexile
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| Marion Library | 929.2 HAL (Text) | 37810435475644 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 929.209 HALEY (Text) | 34208900048678 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | 929.2 HAL (Text) | 30441100919083 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | HAL (Text) | 33258007957009 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | 929.209 Hal (Text) | 30308101123801 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haynes Branch Library | 929.2 Hal (Text) | 38801102152318 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 929.209 Haley (Text) | 33115007675786 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| J.C. Holliday Library | 929.2 Hal (Text) | 810191001466062 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| J.C. Holliday Library | 929.2 Hal (Text) | 810191001466509 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 929.209 H (Text) | 39149007323199 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
