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PublisherDoubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.

ISBN-100385037872

ISBN-139780385037877

eBay Product ID (ePID)127371655

Product Key Features

Book TitleRoots : the Saga of an American Family

Number of Pages704 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Publication Year1976

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAlex Haley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight31.1 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN72-076164

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal929/.2/0973

SynopsisThe monumental bestseller! Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants.

LC Classification NumberE185.97.H24.A33

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von leslieann2-09
29. Jul. 2016
Great Saga of a Real Family!
This book is a classic in its own right. It's the first novelized, comprehensive history of not only a real family, but of multitudes of people snatched from their African societies and forced into slavery. It recounts 200 years of kidnappings and human beings being subjugated to a status lower than cattle! It also gives insight into today's world, where the carryovers of attitudes from the days of Slavery; and later Jim Crow and Segregation, are still impacting - and often destroying - the lives of African-American families! I read it long ago, when the first film of the book was released. This time I understand it much better. The recent film went deeper into the cruelty and abuse depicted in the book, and showed more of the emotional impact of what was done to the people, in greater depth.
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von wmun8499
20. Jul. 2016
Roots, Hard Cover, 1st Edition
After watching the remake of Roots awhile back, I decided to buy the book to read. The first hundred pages or so, are boring until, he gets captured by the slave traders. Both, of the miniseries (1977 and 2016), don't follow the book completely, but that's Hollywood for you. Alex Haley, must've been heavily influenced by Malcolm X, writing his autobiography for him, because he makes Kunta Kinte a muslim. Still, it's not bad reading.
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von barhed-24
08. Jun. 2024
A little worn but I expect that since I knew it was a second hand book..altogether very well
A little worn but I expect that since I knew it was a second hand book..altogether very well
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von bmen6671
25. Aug. 2020
Wonderful!
The book came packaged really well. No damage and the picture was exactly as advertised.
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von mrpreston2u
19. Okt. 2020
A good read
Great read
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von gottaluvmoose
13. Mär. 2021
Look this book!
Read this many times. Just saw the series on tv and wanted to read it again.
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von hersh_8397
02. Mai. 2023
Read About It
Story is a compelling adaptation of the ancestry of a Black family’s adventure in America.
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von stacan_9244
16. Mai. 2024
Thought it was the movie... But was the book
Thought it was the movie... But was the book
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von prig-shir
10. Mär. 2021
love it
beaytifully written
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von aunty_ems_attic
20. Dez. 2017
A PERSONAL SIDE of HISTORY
Great reading!
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