Roots / Alex Haley.
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: viii, 688 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 0385037872; 9780385037877; 9780306824852; 9781593154493; 9780440174646; 0440174643; 1593154496; 030682485X; 0330253018; 9780330253017; 9780099362814; 0091296803; 9780091296803; 0099362813Subject(s): Haley, Alex. -- Family -- Fiction | Haley family. -- Fiction | Kinte family. -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | African American families -- Fiction | Slavery -- United States -- Fiction | HALEY FAMILY -- FICTION/KINTE FAMILY -- Fiction | Blacks -- historyGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Nonfiction novels. | Novels. | Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Nonfiction novels. | Novels. | Biographies.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Roots.DDC classification: 929/.2/0973 LOC classification: PS3558.A3575 | R66 1976E185.97.H24 | A33 1976NLM classification: E 185.97 H168r 1976Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description 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.
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500066617 |
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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-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.
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