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The Saga of an American Family
Vanguard Press
June 2007
On Sale: May 22, 2007
899 pages
ISBN: 1593154496
EAN: 9781593154493
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Fiction
One of the most important books and television series ever
to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an
extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural
dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of
Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in
the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an
astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the
Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots opened up
the minds of Americans of all colors and faiths to one of
the darkest and most painful parts of America's past. Over the years, both Roots and Alex Haley have attracted
controversy, which comes with the territory for
trailblazing, iconic books, particularly on the topic of
race. Some of the criticism results from whether ROOTS is
fact or fiction and whether Alex Haley confused these two
issues, a subject he addresses directly in the book. There
is also the fact that Haley was sued for plagiarism when it
was discovered that several dozen paragraphs in Roots were
taken directly from a novel, The African, by Harold
Courlander, who ultimately received a substantial
financial
settlement at the end of the case. But none of the controversy affects the basic issue. Roots
fostered a remarkable dialogue about not just the past, but
the then present day 1970s and how America had fared since
the days portrayed in Roots. Vanguard Press feels that it is
important to publish Roots: The 30th Anniversary Edition to
remind the generation that originally read it that there are
issues that still need to be discussed and debated, and to
introduce to a new and younger generation, a book that will
help them understand, perhaps for the first time, the
reality
of what took place during the time of Roots.
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