Alex Haley
1) Roots
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
viii, 688 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Dell Publishing, a division of Random House
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A family saga centered on an African-American matriarch whose husband was shot for stealing. It follows her descendants as they fight World War II, march for civil rights, join the Black Panthers and help develop Africa.