Roots / Alex Haley.

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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...

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Uniform Title:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Haley, Alex
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Haley, Alex.
Haley, Alex > Family.
Haley family.
Kinte family.
African Americans > Biography.
African American families.
African American families > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Southern States > Fiction.
Africa > Fiction.
Gambia > Fiction.
Genre:
Biography.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Local Note:
Archives of Michigan copy 1 gift of Timothy J. Bowman.
MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:viii, 688 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
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.
Note:"A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's digest."
Call Number:E185.97.H24 A33 1976
ISBN:0385037872
9780385037877