Roots

Name: Roots
Author: Alex Haley
ISBN: 9788822805560

Alex Haley

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Roots

Alex Haley

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#2316 of 3,809 books · #768 in History

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction (1976).

Roots: The Saga of an American Family tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States, and later follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley. Roots spent months on The New York Times Best Seller List, including 22 weeks in the top spot on that list. The release of the novel, combined with its hugely popular television adaptation, Roots (1977), led to a cultural sensation in the United States, and it is considered to be one of the most important U.S. works of the 20th century. It stimulated interest in genealogy and appreciation for African American history.

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