New Releases by Alex HALEY

Presents the moving story of a young Southerner who joins the Underground Railroad and helps mastermind the escape of slaves from his father''s plantation on Christmas Eve.

De geschiedenis van een Amerikaanse negerfamillie, waarvan de stamvader eind 18e eeuw als slaaf uit Gambia in West-Afrika werd meegevoerd. Eerste deel.

Presents an account of events leading up to an occurring during the American Revolution.

Continuation of the chronicle of Alex Haley''s family history, covering from 1882 through the 1970''s. Part 1 of a seven part series, picks up where Roots ends. Although free, the family is not treated equally; Jim Crow laws are on the rise. Tom Harvey, now the familial head, has opened a school and is pressed by ex-Confederate Col. Warner to close it when Warner''s son falls in love with the schoolmarm. But Tom know education can help break the chains of second-class citizenship.

No man has confronted the origins of black America more tangibly than this blackk writer -- nor has on man felt more personally their signifigance.