Roots (Dell Book)

Haley, Alex

ISBN 10: 0440174643 / ISBN 13: 9780440174646

Published by Dell, 1980

About this Item

Roots spawned a television series, it was so impactful. This particular copy is in very good condition with minor cosmetic wear, including a small rip in the cover toward the top. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition, a fine read, collectible in this edition, and worth cherishing.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1704663613587

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roots (Dell Book)
• Publisher: Dell
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0440174643
• ISBN 13: 9780440174646
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 pound
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Fiction, "Lit Fic"
  • Classics
  • Collectible

About this title

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.