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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
from Vanguard Press

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

 

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  • Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

  • Errors, Errors, Everywhere
    It was a well written story. Unfortunately, there were a ridiculous number of grammar and spelling errors as well as a couple incorrect facts that really devalued the book for me. I couldn't read 10 pages without seeing a mistake like "the the". I was especially disappointed by these errors since it was the special 30th Anniversary reprint of the book. I would have thought they would fix most of these mistakes. As a history teacher, the factual errors were even worse for me. He wrote that the American... more info

  • Great Book and One Worth Remembering!
    I loved this book when it first came out and am now watching the miniseries all over again. It is wonderful to read and behold. Many of the family's lore has been proven to be fiction but does it matter? It is a great book and wonderful idea for a story. It brought back the idea of tracing people's roots that is still with us today. A wonderful read.

  • A must read
    anybody interested in American history or family this is the book to read. Hailey is a must read for eveybody.

  • Reviw for the Kindle editon
    I read this book on Kindle a couple of months ago. I remember watching the mini series as a kid but had never read the book. I'm not going to go into the literary aspects because that has been covered, in it's good and bad points already. I will say I'm glad I've read it. I won't consider it a completely accurate history lesson, but it does make a person think past normal boundaries. This book is formatted well for Kindle, it had no formatting issues. The fact I read it on Kindle was "handy" because I could... more info


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