Roots

Haley, Alex (author.). Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) (Added Author).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 0385037872
ISBN: 9780385037877
ISBN: 9780306824852
ISBN: 9781593154493
ISBN: 9780440174646
ISBN: 0440174643
ISBN: 1593154496
ISBN: 030682485X
Physical Description: print
viii, 688 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Garden City, New York : Doubleday, [1976]
Copyright: ©1976
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Contents / Notes

General Note:	"A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's Digest."
Awards Note:	Lillian Smith Book Award, 1977

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