Alex Haley : the man who traced America's roots.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haley, Alex.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 2007

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haley, Alex. Roots.

Haley, Alex.

Haley, Alex--Travel.

Haley, Alex--Family.

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

History.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Biography.

African American families.

African American historians--Biography.

African American historians.

Roots (Haley, Alex).

Families.

Travel.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Video recordings.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

173 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm + 1 videodisc (DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest Association, 2007.

System Details:

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Contents:

Introduction

Stories of Triumph. She Makes a Joyful Music; The Girl Who Wouldn't Give Up; The Jumpiest Man on Earth

Race and Resilience. The Harlem Nobody Knows; The Man Who Wouldn't Quit; Mr. Muhammad Speaks; The Man on the Train

The Search Begins. The Amazing Grace of John Newton; The Shadowland of Dreams; Aboard the African Star; My Search for Roots

The Legacy-Roots. What Roots Means to Me; What Roots Means to ...

Notes:

"Introduction by Lawrence Otis Graham"--Cover.

"A Reader's Digest Book"

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

9780762108855 :

0762108851

0762109165

9780762109166

OCLC:

123029242