Roots Books

Pros: Very Well Written, Historical Significance, Family Endurance
Cons: Nothing

Alex Haley's classic book, Roots should be a definite "must read" for anyone who is interested in the history of the United States, slavery, the Civil War, and family genealogy.

The reader is taken on an adventure of a lifetime, as...

Pros: excellent reading, educational
Cons: very long

I first saw the mini-series "Roots" when I was about eight years old. It saddened me as I was much too young to understand such graphic portrayals of violent acts on one human being from another.

I have since grown to understand...

Pros: Well written to the point that youll believe that your part of the characters
Cons: lengthy

Roots was a mini-series that came out in the late 70's and is a great Novel of a black family and of life in general. The Novel begins with a birth in 1750, in an African village; it ends seven generations later at the Arkansas Funeral of a black...

Pros: good read, thought-provoking, based on facts, learn history.
Cons: absolutely none.

_Roots_... everyone's heard of it. but have you read it? that's a whole other story. Alex Haley spent over 5 years researching for the roots of a true family tale passed on through the generations. he found the base of the story in the small ...

Pros: Extremely well written, captivating story..
Cons: Sad but true, story will make you cry.

This extremely well written Pulitzer Prize winning book is the amazing story of Kunta Kinte and his family... following their legacy from his birth in Gambia up through his capture and sale in the new world, being sold away from his family, his marrige...

Pros: powerful i could read for days
Cons: none

not only do i have the book but also the full film box set.this film traces not only Alex Haley's history but i see my family being reflected as well.i was a young boy when this first came on. my grandparents told me i needed to view this.i didn't...

Pros: It is a book that make you think about your life and how you treat others
Cons: none I enjoyed it

Roots is the search of Alex Haley's family origins starting with the capture of his ancestor Kunta Kinte from his homeland in Africa and how Kunta was treated as a slave. I strongly believe That this book should be taught in the schools , because after I...