TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alex Haley
TI  - Roots
SN  - 0440174643
PY  - 1977///
CY  - USA
PB  - Dell Publishing Co
KW  - English
KW  - General
N1  - "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's digest."
N2  - Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women
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