Roots : the saga of an American family
(Audiobook CD)
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Published
North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library, [2007].
ISBN
9780792748526, 0792748522, 9781602831971, 1602831971
Lexile measure
1330L
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult AV | CD AUDIOBOOK 929.2 HAL | On Shelf |
Broadview Public Library District - Stacks | BOOK ON CD BIOG HAL | On Shelf |
Calumet City Public Library - Adult Audiobooks | CD TALKING BOOK 305.896 HAL | On Shelf |
Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District - AV | CD 929.2097 HAL | On Shelf |
La Grange Public Library - Stacks | CD BOOK 929.2 HAL | On Shelf |
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Published
North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library, [2007].
Format
Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
24 audio discs (30 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
9780792748526, 0792748522, 9781602831971, 1602831971
UPC
883761831973
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.4, 48 Points
Level 7.4, 48 Points
Lexile measure
1330
Notes
General Note
Complete and unabridged.
General Note
Compact disc.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Avery Brooks ; special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson.
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."--Container.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, 1977
Local note
AUDIOBOOK CD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haley, A., Brooks, A., & Dyson, M. E. (2007). Roots: the saga of an American family (Thirtieth anniversary edition.). BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haley, Alex, Avery. Brooks and Michael Eric. Dyson. 2007. Roots: The Saga of an American Family. BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haley, Alex, Avery. Brooks and Michael Eric. Dyson. Roots: The Saga of an American Family BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haley, Alex., Avery Brooks, and Michael Eric Dyson. Roots: The Saga of an American Family Thirtieth anniversary edition., BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library, 2007.
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