Roots : the saga of an American family : the 30th anniversary edition / Alex Haley with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley on the writing of Roots.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1593154496
- ISBN: 9781593154493
- Physical Description: xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Vanguard Books, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1330L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.4 48 8671.
- Awards Note:
- Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1977.
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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.
