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Roots

by Alex Haley

This monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning saga and iconic bestseller is available for the first time on audio. Roots begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. 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.
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Top tags: historical fiction,  slavery,  african american,  classic,  fiction (all tags)

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Ashley78
  • Rated 5 stars

“The best book I have ever read. That is a huge statement to make but I cannot express just how magnificent I thought this book was. The story swept me up - Alex Haley brought me into his world and I followed this family through the generations, feeling a deep kinship with each character. That is what made it a good book. What made it a great book is how it changed the way I saw the world. I read it when I was 14 and it moved me in a way no other book has, making me understand the concepts...”

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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • RENEE52

    renee52 said:

    “Yes Roots is a book everyone should read, still some people today still think this did not happen to our ancestors. I enfisize to my children to have there children read and learn about there history. We will never let this happen again!!”

    posted Thursday, June 12 2008
  • justine t

    justine t said:

    “As a white woman born mid 80s in australia. African americans and slavery was something learned at school in passing but not very well understood. I feel enriched from reading this book. And i hate the fact that many of my peers have not read this and have only a vague idea of what has come before us.”

    posted Saturday, June 7 2008
  • sexy mama

    sexy mama said:

    “This is my all time favourite book. It is an eye opener against slavery”

    posted Thursday, May 29 2008
  • rahul k

    rahul k said:

    “It is the best book i ever read. The values are very nicely depicted.”

    posted Sunday, March 9 2008
  • rahul k

    rahul k said:

    “It is the best book i ever read. The values are very nicely depicted.”

    posted Sunday, March 9 2008
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