Roots: The Saga of an American Family

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family saga novel

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is Alex Haley’s landmark 1976 historical novel that traces multiple generations of an African American family from their origins in West Africa through slavery and beyond in the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Roots: The Saga of an American Family canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	family saga ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	Roots (1977 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roots (2016 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roots: The Next Generations (1979 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Alex Haley NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	National Book Award special citation NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize special citation NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Alex Haley family history ⓘ
controversy	plagiarism allegations ⓘ questions about historical accuracy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	African-American literature ⓘ biographical fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ
isbn	978-0-385-03787-9 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Chicken George NERFINISHED ⓘ Kizzy NERFINISHED ⓘ Kunta Kinte NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeForm	multi-generational family saga ⓘ
notableFor	major impact on American popular culture ⓘ popularizing interest in African American genealogy ⓘ
openingLocation	Juffure, The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
pageCount	over 700 pages ⓘ
publicationDate	1976 ⓘ
publisher	Doubleday ⓘ
setInLocation	Annapolis, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
subject	African American history ⓘ Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ family heritage ⓘ genealogy ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
theme	cultural identity ⓘ family continuity ⓘ resilience under oppression ⓘ search for origins ⓘ
timeSpanOfNarrative	over 200 years ⓘ

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Roots → basedOn → Roots: The Saga of an American Family ⓘ

Kizzy in Roots → associatedWork → Roots: The Saga of an American Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Kizzy (Roots)

Mathilda in Roots → basedOnWork → Roots: The Saga of an American Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Mathilda (Roots)

Haley → notableWork → Roots: The Saga of an American Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Alex Haley