Subtitle from container. Abridged. Compact disc. "Published by arrangement with Vanguard Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group." Narrated by Avery Brooks ; introduction read by Michael Eric Dyson.
Summary:
Roots 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.
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