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Roots / Alex Haley.
The monumental bestseller! Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants. -- Publisher's description.
Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a man-child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte."So begins Roots, one of the most extraordinary and influential books of our time. Through the story of one family—his family—Alex Haley unforgettably brings to life the monumental two-century drama of Kunta Kinte and the six generations who came after him: slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lumber mill workmen and Pullman porters, lawyers and architects...and one author.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385037872 :
- ISBN: 9780385037877 :
- Physical Description: viii, 688 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's digest.". Reprint. Originally published: New York :Doubleday, c1976. |
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| Subject: | Haley, Alex. Haley, Alex > Family. Haley family. Kinte family. African Americans > Biography. African American families. Black American Slaves. Historical Biography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Beaver Valley Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Beaver Valley Public Library | 920 HAL (Text) | 0005429 | Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
