Roots

Haley, Alex

ISBN 10: 0385037872 / ISBN 13: 9780385037877

Published by Doubleday, 1976

About this Item

First Edition, Later Printing. Published by Doubleday, 1976. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Seller Inventory # 518071

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Roots
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385037872
• ISBN 13: 9780385037877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

The monumental bestseller! Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants.

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.