num_pages: 912
description: 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.
language: English
title: Roots: The Saga of an American Family
titlecomplete: Roots: The Saga of an American Family
characters: Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley, George Lincoln Rockwell
genres: Classics, Historical, Race, African American, Novels, Africa, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 158399
places: The United States of America, Gambia
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Audie Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Premio Bancarella, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Da Capo Press