Roots The Saga of an American Family by AlexHaley, 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 ..."
Roots The Saga of an American Family by AlexHaley 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 AlexHaley 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 ..."
"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 ..."
"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."
"Throughout his remarkable career, Muhammad Ali s courage, skill, ego, and beauty made him one of the most colorful and well-known of all public figures: someone who truly had to be seen to be believed. Using fight posters, rare memorabilia and classic photographs, Ringside brings Ali s extraordinary life into focus. The essays on the different stages of Ali's life and career are written by some of the finest contemporary American writer ..."
"The Story of an American Family Alex Haley, David Stevens. "EXTREMELY VIVID
AND DRAMATIC... A GOOD READ, EVEN IF YOU'VE SEEN THE MINISERIES"
Cosmopolitan A milestone in American literature, Alex Haley's Pulitzer ..."
Roots(Reprint) The Saga of an American Family (Modern Classics) by AlexHaley 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 ..."
"The American South is a geographical entity, a historical fact, a place in the imagination, and the homeland of an array of Americans who consider themselves southerners. The region is often shrouded in romance and myth, but its realities are as intriguing, as intricate, as its legends.The "Encyclopedia of Southern Culture" is "the first attempt ever" notes "U.S. News & World Report," "to describe every aspect of a region's life and tho ..."
Roots The Saga of an American Family by AlexHaley 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 AlexHaley, 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."
Roots(30th Edition) The Saga of an American Family by AlexHaley, Michael Eric Dyson Hardcover, 899 Pages, Published 2007 by Perfection Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-7569-8232-4, ISBN: 0-7569-8232-4
"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 that hadn’t been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots ..."
Roots The Saga of an American Family by AlexHaley, Michael Eric Dyson Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 2007 by Vanguard Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59315-449-3, ISBN: 1-59315-449-6
"在线阅读本书 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 that hadn’t been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award ..."
Roots(Updated) by AlexHaley 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 ..."
"Walking for Freedom Recounts how the black community of Montgomery, Alabama organized and participated in the 1955 bus boycott which ended segregation on public buses. Full description"
"Dragon Parade: Norman Ah Sing is a successful, newly-arrived Chinese grocer in the San Francisco of the 1850s. He is thrilled to be in the Land of the Golden Mountain. His delight prompts him to invite all to celebrate the Lunar New Year and to organize the first big celebration in 1851 Chinatown. Full description"
"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."
"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 AlexHaley 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."