Roots

The Resource Roots

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Roots

Statement of responsibility

Alex Haley

Language

eng

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

Awards note

Lillian Smith Book Award, 1977

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

wDLC

Dewey number

929/.2/0973

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3558.A3575
E185.97.H24

LC item number

R66 1976
A33 1976

Literary form

novels

Context

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The work Roots represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.