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  | | Roots The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, Michael Eric Dyson Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 2016 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-82485-2, ISBN: 0-306-82485-X "A new eight hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel Lifetime and A E over four consecutive nights beginning Memorial Day May 30 2016 Early in the spring of 1750 in the village of Juffure four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia West Africa a man child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte So begins Roots one of the most extraordinary and influential books of our time Through the story of one family hi ..." |
 | | A Different Kind of Christmas by Alex Haley Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2000 by Gramercy ISBN-13: 978-0-517-16269-9, ISBN: 0-517-16269-5 "This is a very special novel that sparkles with the same memorable writing that made ROOTS an American classic.This is the story of Fletcher Randall, a nineteen-year-old from North Carolina whose politically powerful father is a plantation owner, and, of course, a slave owner. The time is 1855, and all Fletcher Randall knows and believes about slavery he's learned from his father.But Fletcher goes to school up North, and one or two of ..." |
 | | Roots(Updated) by Alex Haley Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 1994 by Vintage Books ISBN-13: 978-0-09-936281-4, ISBN: 0-09-936281-3 "Now a major BBC drama starring Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Laurence Fishburne Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to ..." |
 | | A Different Kind of Christmas(Reprint) by Alex Haley, Robert James Waller Hardcover, 101 Pages, Published 1988 by Doubleday ISBN-13: 978-0-385-26043-5, ISBN: 0-385-26043-1 "This is a very special novel that sparkles with the same memorable writing that made ROOTS an American classic.This is the story of Fletcher Randall, a nineteen-year-old from North Carolina whose politically powerful father is a plantation owner, and, of course, a slave owner. The time is 1855, and all Fletcher Randall knows and believes about slavery he's learned from his father.But Fletcher goes to school up North, and one or two of ..." |
 | | Roots by Alex Haley Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-78487-338-7, ISBN: 1-78487-338-1 "The radical, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins: a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature.WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY DAVID OLUSOGA Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardTracing his ancestry through six generations of architects, lawyers, blacksmiths, farmers, freedmen and slaves, Alex Haley’s research took him back ..." |
 | | Roots The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley 912 Pages, Published 2016 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-82486-9, ISBN: 0-306-82486-8 "The Saga of an American Family Alex Haley ... Haley's later literary projects included a history of the town of Henning, Tennessee, and a biography of Frank Wills, the security guard ... on a second historical novel based on another branch of his family, traced through his grandmother Queen—the daughter of a black slave ..." |
 | | Roots(Reprint) The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, Michael Eric Dyson Library, 899 Pages, Published 2008 by Paw Prints 2008-05-22 ISBN-13: 978-1-4352-8305-3, ISBN: 1-4352-8305-8 "Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the new world, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past." |
 | | Selected from a Different Kind of Christmas(Updated) (Writers Voices) by Alex Haley Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1991 by Literacy Volunteers Of ISBN-13: 978-0-929631-26-4, ISBN: 0-929631-26-9 "Presents the moving story of a young Southerner who joins the Underground Railroad and helps mastermind the escape of slaves from his father's plantation on Christmas Eve." |
 | | Roots(Updated) by Alex Haley Paperback, 688 Pages, Published 1985 by Vintage Import ISBN-13: 978-0-09-952200-3, ISBN: 0-09-952200-4 "[*Abridged][Read by Avery Brooks]This monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning saga and iconic bestseller begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. 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. Presented abridged on 12 CDs." |
 | | ROOTS(Updated) (PICADOR BOOKS) by Alex Haley Paperback, 638 Pages, Published 1978 by Picador Import ISBN-13: 978-0-330-25301-7, ISBN: 0-330-25301-8 "[*Abridged Edition] [Introduction by Michael Eric Dyson] [Read by Avery Brooks] One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue. 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 c ..." |
 | | Roots The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley Paperback, 729 Pages, Published 1976 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-440-17464-6, ISBN: 0-440-17464-3 "In 688 pages, Alex Haley has captured in his history of one family, the history of an entire race of people whose names and identities were stolen from them. It's hard to say if this book is fiction, history or biography, since it reads so much like all three. Haley found sizeable gaps in his efforts to trace his family roots, and of necessity had to fill in the blanks from his own imagination, but it reads so convincingly that none of ..." |
 | | Roots by Alex Haley Hardcover, 688 Pages, Published 1976 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-8085-1103-8, ISBN: 0-8085-1103-3 "[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.][Read by Avery Brooks] 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 g ..." |
 | | Muhammad Ali(1st Edition) Ringside by Alex Haley, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, John Miller, Aaron Kenedi, James Earl . Jones, Peter Richmond, Bulfinch Press Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1999 by Bulfinch ISBN-13: 978-0-8212-2626-1, ISBN: 0-8212-2626-6 "Muhammad Ali once claimed that he would take on any fighter in any state in any country in the world and this glossy, richly illustrated tome certainly acts as a testament to that claim. After an introduction by veteran black actor James Earl Jones, a friend of the boxer, the book takes us through Ali's turbulent career as a hot-headed young fighter who threw just as many verbal punches as he did physical ones. In fact his early ..." |
 | | The Autobiography of Malcolm X .(Tie-In Edition) by Malcolm X., Alex Haley Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1993 by Uplink Import ISBN-13: 978-0-14-017127-3, ISBN: 0-14-017127-4 "By the time of his tragic murder in 1965, Malcolm X was world famous as the "angriest black man in America". From hustling, cocaine addiction and armed violence in the ghettos of Harlem he had turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the fervour of the Black Muslims. Speaking out to millions of oppressed blacks, he brought new hope and self-respect. But was Malcolm X, in the words of one critic, merely a racist preaching hatred or wa ..." |
 | | Alex Haley's Queen(1st Edition) The Story of an American Family by Alex Haley, David Haley Stevens, Mikedavid Stevens Evans Hardcover, 670 Pages, Published 1993 by William Morrow & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-688-06331-3, ISBN: 0-688-06331-4 "Tracing his family history on his father's side, the author of Roots begins with his great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, Sr., a white plantation owner. 500,000 first printing. $400,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Super Release. TV tie-in." |
 | | Roots(Reprint) The Saga of an American Family (Modern Classics) by Alex Haley Hardcover, 704 Pages, Published 2000 by Wings ISBN-13: 978-0-517-20860-1, ISBN: 0-517-20860-1 "This "bold...extraordinary...blockbuster..." (Newsweek magazine) 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 Haley was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother used to tell him stories about their family, sto ..." |
 | | Roots by Alex Haley, Doubleday Books Paperback, Published 1992 by Doubleday Books ISBN-13: 978-0-440-80311-9, ISBN: 0-440-80311-X |
 | | Roots(1st Edition) by Alex Haley, Arthur Hailey Hardcover, 688 Pages, Published 1977 by Hutchinson ISBN-13: 978-0-09-129680-3, ISBN: 0-09-129680-3 "[*Abridged Edition] [Introduction by Michael Eric Dyson] [Read by Avery Brooks] One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue. 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 c ..." |
 | | Save the Everglades! (Stories of America) by Judith Bauer Stamper, Allen David, Alex Haley, Allen Davis Library, 56 Pages, Published 1992 by Steck-Vaughn ISBN-13: 978-0-8114-7219-7, ISBN: 0-8114-7219-1 "Describes the successful efforts of concerned citizens to stop construction of a jetport that would have destroyed the Florida Everglades." |
 | | The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, Alex Malcolm X., Ossie Davis, M. S. Handler Hardcover, Published 1987 by Perfection Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-8124-1953-5, ISBN: 0-8124-1953-7 "They called him the 'angriest black man in America' ...Celebrated and vilified the world over for his courageous but bitter fight to gain for millions of black men and women the equality and respect denied them by their white neighbours, Malcolm X inspired as many people in the United States as he caused to fear him. His remarkable autobiography, completed just before his murder in 1965, ranges from Omaha and Michigan to Harlem and Mecc ..." |
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