num_pages: 729
description: After eleven years of research to uncover the facts of his heritage, Haley shares the saga of an American black family that extends from his ancestor Kunta Kinte, an African brought to mid-eighteenth-century America as a slave, to himself
language: English
title: Roots
titlecomplete: Roots
characters: George Lincoln Rockwell, Alex Haley, Kunta Kinte
genres: Fiction, Historical, Race, Audiobook, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Africa, African American
ratings_count: 158402
places: Gambia, The United States of America
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: Demco Media