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Author Haley, Alex, author.

Title 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.

Edition First Da Capo Press edition.
Miniseries tie-in edition.
Publication Info. Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, [2016]
©2014
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1730322~S1
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 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO HALEY    AVAILABLE
 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO HALEY    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO HALEY    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO HALEY    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO HALEY    DUE 05-11-24
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Description xi, 899 pages ; 24 cm
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."--Title page verso.
"Now a major History [channgel] event series"--Cover.
Subject Haley, Alex.
Haley, Alex -- Family.
Haley family.
Kinte family.
African Americans -- Biography.
African American families.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- History.
Genre Biographies.
Added Author Dyson, Michael Eric, author of introduction.
Added Title Saga of an American family
ISBN 9780306824852
030682485X
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