Roots : the saga of an American family [ sound recording ]/ by Alex Haley ; special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781482962024
- ISBN: 1482962020
- ISBN: 9781482962031
- ISBN: 1482962039
- Physical Description: 24 audio discs (approximately 30 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: 30th anniversary edition, unabridged.
- Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., [2014]
- Copyright: ℗2007
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Title from container.Released by AudioGO, p2007.Duration: 30:00:00.Compact discs."Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Avery Brooks.
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- 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | 24-CD AUDB HAL (Text) | 30229100513497 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | HAL Audio (Text)
Item Description: 24 Compact discs
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30441100445816 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | CD FIC Haley (Text) | 540191010015073 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Fairview Library | HAL CD 25754 SAVL (Text) | 0020509614374 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 929.2 H 24 CD (Text) | 0112521738544 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | HAL (Text) | 33258005596767 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
| Mocksville | CD 920 HALEY (Text)
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39872001334272 | Adult Audiobook Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Morganton Public Library | CACD HALEY (Text) | 33557003993458 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - |
