Roots : The Saga of an American Family

Mass Market paperback book, Roots by Alex haley.

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley.

It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America; it follows his life and the lives of his descendants in the United States down to Haley.