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By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 688 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0385037872
  • 9780385037877
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 929/.2/0973
LOC classification:
  • E185.97.H24 A33
Other classification:
  • 18.06
Online resources: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 929 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) E185.97.H24 A33 1 Available 34517000207301

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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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