Roots : the saga of an American family
Title
:
Roots : the saga of an American family
Author
:
Haley, Alex.
ISBN
:
9780792748526
Publication Information
:
North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library, c2007.
Physical Description
:
24 sound discs (30 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
:
Compact disc.
Complete and unabridged.
Personal Subject
:
Haley, Alex.
Haley family.
Kinte family.
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Biography.
African American families -- Biography.
Slavery -- United States.
Slaveholders -- Southern States.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
Geographic Term
:
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Confederate States of America -- History.
Genre
:
Audiobooks
Added Author
:
Brooks, Avery
Dyson, Michael Eric
Local Subject
:
Spoken compact disc collection.
Summary
:
Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunte Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Library | Material Type | Call Number | Item Available | Copies | Status |
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Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | Audiobook | SCD 929.20973 HAL 24 DISCS | 1 | 1 | Audiobooks Nonfiction |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | Audiobook | SCD 929.20973 HAL 24 DISCS | 1 | 1 | Audiobooks Nonfiction |