I hope to read this book to learn about African slave history
Roots
By Alex Haley
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
---|---|---|---|---|
Grades 7 - 12 | Grades 10 - 8 | n/a | 7.4 | n/a |
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.
Presented unabridged on 24 CDs.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN-13: 9780306824852
ISBN-10: 030682485X
Published on 5/3/2016
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 912
Book Reviews (2)
So i could learn about the past and see how people lived then and what they went through so their childern could be free from slavery.