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01771aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 91C5932C2A8411ED94E10AE24EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220902010023 008 160510t20211974nyu e 000 0 eng d 010 $a 2016303464 020 $a 030682485X 020 $a 9780306824852 035 $a (OCoLC)1341372462 040 $a DCK $b eng $e rda $c DCK $d SILO 043 $a f-gm--- $a f-gm--- 100 1 $a Haley, Alex, $e author. 245 10 $a Roots : $b the saga of an American family / $c Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley on the writing of Roots. 246 30 $a Saga of an American family 250 $a First Hachette Books edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Hachette Books, $c 2021 300 $a xi, 899 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's Digest."--Title page verso. 500 $a "Now a major History event series"--Cover. 520 $a This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. 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. 586 $a Pulitzer Prize, 1977. 700 1 $a Dyson, Michael Eric, $e author of introduction. 941 $a 2 952 $l OOAX232 $d 20221102010218.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20220902011620.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=91C5932C2A8411ED94E10AE24EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search