Synopsis
After eleven years of research to uncover the facts of his heritage, Haley shares the saga of an American black family that extends from his ancestor Kunta Kinte, an African brought to mid-eighteenth-century America as a slave, to himself
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About the Author
ALEX HALEY taught himself to write during a twenty year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. After retiring, he worked as a freelance magazine writer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcom X, on which he was collaborator and editor. ROOTS: The Saga of An American Family was his second book, for which he was awarded special recognition from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award committees. He also wrote A Different Kind of Christmas, available from Random House Value Publishing, and Queen, a sequel to ROOTS. Haley died in 1992.
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It begins with a birth in 1750, in an African village; it ends seven generations later at the Arkansas funeral of a black professor whose children are a teacher, a Navy architect, an assistant director of the U.S. Information Agency, and an author. The author is Alex Haley. This magnificent book is his.
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Roots : The Saga of an American Family
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Random House Publishing Group, 1980
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Roots
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Dell Printing November 1977. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and off-white pages. Book has scuffs and creases to both covers and minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans and a price sticker on the front cover. It begins with a birth in 1750, in an African village: it ends seven generations later at the Arkansas funeral of a black professor whose children are a teacher, a Navy architect, an assistant director of the U.S. Information Agency, and an author. The author is Alex Haley. This magnificent book is his. ROOTS We are donsbookstore in Albuquerque New Mexico. The book you see in the image is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Seller Inventory # 026125
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Roots spawned a television series, it was so impactful. This particular copy is in very good condition with minor cosmetic wear, including a small rip in the cover toward the top. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition, a fine read, collectible in this edition, and worth cherishing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1704663613587