Roots

by Alex Haley

An historical narrative of slavery in the American South. Based upon actual researches conducted over a period of years, Haley reconstructs the events that led to the enslavement of Kunte Kinte, the "African" identified in Haley's family lore as their founding father, and his settlement on American shores. Kinte, in his own history, becomes an allegory of the history of the millions of Africans brought forcibly to America, and of the people they became in the intervening years.

Editions of Roots

ISBN 9781593154493	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Vanguard Pr	Date 2007	Price $2.37	Fair
ISBN 9781602833869	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Bbc Audiobooks Amer	Date 2008	Price $5.26	REMAINDER
ISBN 9781593154578	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Vanguard Pr	Date 2010	Price None Available
ISBN 9780816166398	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 1979	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9781602831971	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Bbc Audiobooks Amer	Date 2007	Price $22.00	Good
ISBN 9781602832893	Binding/Format MP3 CD	Publisher Bbc Audiobooks Amer	Date 2007	Price $46.18	NEW
ISBN 9781602832909	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Bbc Audiobooks Amer	Date 2007	Price $66.95	New
ISBN 9780385037877	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Bantam Dell Pub Group	Date 1976	Price $1.00	Used, Good
ISBN 9780517208601	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Value Pub	Date 2000	Price $1.00	Used, Very Good
ISBN 9780440174646	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Bantam Books	Date 1977	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9781568494715	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Buccaneer Books	Date 2006	Price $19.24	Good

Media Reviews

"'As I look at it now,' says Alex Haley, 'it seems there was a meant-to-be quality about 'Roots'. I first heard the story told by my grandmother as a child, that was the real beginning....Whenever we children came around, she would repeat the story of the man she called 'the African,' how he was captured and what happened to him in America. After a while we started acting out the incidents, play-acting, recreating everything she told us, and it became an indelible memory for me....Although it's advertised as nonfiction, perhaps we should call it 'faction.' Every statement in 'Roots' is accurate in terms of authenticity....The beginning is a re-creation, using novelistic techniques, but as it moves forward more is known and it is more factually based.'"

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