Urn:oclc:838864189 Republisher_date 20120504210747 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120504011133 Scanner . A dramatization of author Alex Haleys family line from ancestor Kunta Kintes enslavement to his descendants liberation.

Urn:lcp:roots00hale_0:epub:dd478fe8-381c-4ebb-a74d-a7ba53e34926 Extramarc University of Toronto Foldoutcount 0 Identifier roots00hale_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0gt6qj2h Isbn 9780440174646ħ2076164 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL22596004M Openlibrary_edition In this, his final book, Alex Haley has created a truly multicultural family saga, the capstone to one of the great, classic American stories.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:54:49 Boxid IA1110501 Boxid_2 CH106701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪrchbishopmittyhs Edition 5.

His adolescent attraction to the beautiful and strong-willed slave named Easter blossoms into a powerful and lasting love, and from their passionate union comes Queen - the heroine of the tale, Alex Haley's grandmother. The continuing saga of Alex Haleys ancestry tells the story of his grandmother (Halle Berry), the daughter of a slave (Jasmine Guy) and. James's son Jass Jackson inherits the plantation just as the genteel, well-ordered antebellum world begins to crumble. Her spells made an indelible impression on everybody. Queen’s mental spells were the stuff of legend and everyone knew of her time spent in the mental hospital at Bolivar. He establishes his grand plantation, The Forks of Cypress, in Alabama, while Andrew ascends to the White House, and the rumblings that will explode into the Civil War gather force. Alabama-born, Queen was a petite woman, who said a white man named Captain Jackson was her father. FREE delivery: Thursday, May 4 on orders over 25.00 shipped by Amazon. The two men become business partners, and James Jackson makes his fortune. Alex Haley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Roots, tells about his great-great-grandfather who came to Alabama from Ireland, married a slave and then. From there we travel with Jackson to Nashville, where he meets Andrew Jackson, the future president of the United States. The story begins in Ireland, where Haley's white great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, Sr., is born. Alex Haley's Queen 161M subscribers Alex Haley's Queen S1 E1 Part 1 develops the relationship between James Jackson, Jr., a rich plantation owner's son, and Easter, a slave.

Once again, this is a personal saga, but one played out against the broad canvas of American history. Lovers of sweeping generational epics will find much to rejoice in here. 'Now, from the author of Roots, comes Alex Haley's Queen - the saga of his father's family.

Queen by alex haley