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| Named Person: | Alex Haley; Alex Haley; Haley family.; Kinte family.; Alex Haley; Haley (Famille); Kinté (Famille) |
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| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alex Haley |
| ISBN: | 0385037872 9780385037877 |
| OCLC Number: | 2188350 |
| Notes: | "A condensed version of a portion of this work first appeared in Reader's digest." |
| Description: | viii, 688 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Alex Haley. |
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Abstract:
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.
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Related Subjects:(17)
- Haley, Alex.
- Haley, Alex -- Family.
- Haley family.
- Kinte family.
- African Americans -- Biography.
- African American families.
- African American families -- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Southern states -- Fiction.
- Africa -- Fiction.
- Gambia -- Fiction.
- Familia Kinte.
- Familia Haley.
- Haley, Alex.
- Haley (Famille)
- Kinté (Famille)
- Noirs américains -- Biographies.
