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Haley, Alex.

Roots / - 1st ed. - Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976. - viii, 688 p. ; 24 cm.

"A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's digest."

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.

ISBN: 0385037872 9780385037877

LCCN: 72076164

Subjects--Personal Names:
Haley, Alex.
Haley, Alex--Family.
Haley family.
Kinte family.
Haley, Alex.
Haley (Famille)
Kint�e (Famille)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Biography.
African American families.
African American families--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Africa--Fiction.
Gambia--Fiction.
Familia Kinte.
Familia Haley.
Noirs am�ericains--Biographies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Souther states--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: E185.97.H24 / A33

Dewey Class. No.: 929/.2/0973