Roots

One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, "Roots" opened up the minds of Americans to one of... (more)

One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, "Roots" opened up the minds of Americans to one of the darkest and most painful parts of its past. This anniversary edition reminds the generation that originally read it that there are issues that still need to be discussed. (less)

Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into sl... (more)

Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed. (less)

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It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that... (more)

It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree. When Alex was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother used to tell him stories about their family, stories that went way back to a man she called the African who was taken aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America. As an adult, Alex spent twelve years searching for documentation that might authenticate what his grandmother had told him. In an astonishing feat of genealogical detective work, he discovered the name of the "African"--Kunta Kinte--as well as the exact location of the village in West Africa from where he was abducted in 1767. Roots is based on the facts of his ancestry, and the six generations of people. (less)

It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that... (more)

It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree. When Alex was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother used to tell him stories about their family, stories that went way back to a man she called the African who was taken aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America. (less)

The author shares the saga of an African American family that extends from his ancestor Kunta Kinte, an African brought ... (more)

The author shares the saga of an African American family that extends from his ancestor Kunta Kinte, an African brought to mid-eighteenth-century America as a slave, to himself. (less)

Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The sage begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captu... (more)

Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The sage begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation. (less)

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th cen... (more)

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era. (less)

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colon... (more)

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit. (less)