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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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

Roots

Published: Warner Brothers Entertainment, 2011

Physical Description: 7 videodiscs (9 hr., 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Roots

Authors: Haley, Alex
Published: Doubleday, 1976

Physical Description: viii, 587 pages ; 24 cm

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Roots

Authors: Haley, Alex

Physical Description: 569 pages ; 22 cm

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