Roots : the saga of an American family
(Audiobook CD)

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Contributors
Dyson, Michael Eric, writer of introduction.
Brooks, Avery, narrator.
AudioGO (Firm)
Blackstone Audio, Inc., publisher.
Status
Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - Audiobooks
AUDIO 929.2 HAL
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Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
24 audio discs (approximately 30 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English

Notes

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Compact disc.
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Title from container.
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Released by AudioGO, p2007.
General Note
Duration: 30:00:00.
General Note
"Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container.
Participants/Performers
Read by Avery Brooks.
Description
It begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And 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. When Alex was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his grandmother used to tell him stories about their family, stories that went way back to a man she called "the African" who was taken aboard a slave ship bound for Colonial America. As an adult, Alex spent twelve years searching for documentation that might authenticate what his grandmother had told him. In an astonishing feat of genealogical detective work, he discovered the name of "the African"--Kunta Kinte--as well as the exact location of the village in West Africa from where he was abducted in 1767. Roots is based on the facts of his ancestry, and the six generations of people--slaves and freemen, farmers and lawyers, an architect, a teacher--and one acclaimed author--who descended from Kunta Kinte.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Haley, A., Dyson, M. E., & Brooks, A. (2014). Roots: the saga of an American family (Unabridged ; CD ; 30th anniversary edition.). Blackstone Audio, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Alex, Michael Eric, Dyson and Avery, Brooks. 2014. Roots: The Saga of an American Family. [Ashland, Oregon]: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Alex, Michael Eric, Dyson and Avery, Brooks. Roots: The Saga of an American Family [Ashland, Oregon]: Blackstone Audio, Inc, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Haley, Alex,, Michael Eric Dyson, and Avery Brooks. Roots: The Saga of an American Family Unabridged ; CD ; 30th anniversary edition., Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2014.

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