Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROO

Summary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROO

Haley, Alex.

Summary: Alex Haley traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. He follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America/Sound library 2007

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 929.2 HAL

Haley, Alex.

Summary: This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1976

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 HAL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 929.2 HAL

Davis, Walter Goodwin

Contents: v. 1. Allanson-French -- v. 2. Gardner-Moses -- v. 3. Neal-Wright.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1996

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 DAV

Davis, Walter Goodwin

Contents: v. 1. Allanson-French -- v. 2. Gardner-Moses -- v. 3. Neal-Wright.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1996

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 DAV

Haley, Alex.

Summary: The fictionalized saga of Haley's father's family, sequel to Roots.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1993

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAL

Davis, Walter Goodwin

Contents: v. 1. Allanson-French -- v. 2. Gardner-Moses -- v. 3. Neal-Wright.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1996

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.2 DAV

Ray, Janisse

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.8784 RAY

Summary: "Red Without Blue is the groundbreaking documentary about the indestructible ties of family. This visually arresting film chronicles the close, yet sometimes strained relationship between identical twins Mark and Alex as Alex undergoes a transformation into a woman named Clair. Captured over a period of three years, RWB documents the twins and their parents, examining the Farleys' struggle to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Indiepix 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RED

Kempton, Elsie Eggleston.

Summary: Begins with Oscar P. Eggleston (1861-1939) of Litchfield, Michigan. Continues with allied family information traced back to the 1400s.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kempton 1979

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.2 KEM