Roots (Dell Book)

Haley, Alex

ISBN 10: 0440174643 / ISBN 13: 9780440174646

Published by Dell, 1980

Seller Inventory # 0440174643-4-18562830

Synopsis:

It begins with a birth in 1750, in an African village; it ends seven generations later at the Arkansas funeral of a black professor whose children are a teacher, a Navy architect, an assistant director of the U.S. Information Agency, and an author. The author is Alex Haley. This magnificent book is his.

About the Author: ALEX HALEY taught himself to write during a twenty year career in the U.S. Coast Guard. After retiring, he worked as a freelance magazine writer. His first book was The Autobiography of Malcom X, on which he was collaborator and editor.  ROOTS: The Saga of An American Family was his second book, for which he was awarded special recognition from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award committees. He also wrote A Different Kind of Christmas, available from Random House Value Publishing, and Queen, a sequel to ROOTS. Haley died in 1992.


From the Hardcover edition.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Roots (Dell Book)
Publisher: Dell
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Fair
Edition: 3rd Edition