02633cam a2200517 i 4500 625961170 TxAuBib 20181206120000.0 160510t20141974||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016303464 9780306824852 030682485X (OCoLC)949669802 YDXCP YDXCP eng eng rda rda DLC rda YDXCP rda DLC IGA OCLCQ OCLCO NZAUC OCLCO OCL BYV TXAAL TxAuBib YDXCP IGA OCLCQ OCLCO NZAUC OCLCO OCL BYV TXAAL TxAuBib rda Haley, Alex, author. Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots. Saga of an American family. Miniseries tie-in edition. Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, A member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014] ©1974. xi, 899 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's Digest."--Title page verso. "Now a major History event series"--Cover. 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. 1330L Lexile. 20181206. Haley, Alex Family. Haley, Alex. Haley family. Kinte family. African Americans Biography. African Americans History. African American families. Slavery United States History. Families. United States. History. Biographies. Dyson, Michael Eric, author of introduction, etc. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2016303464-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1614/2016303464-d.html Publisher description TXAAL