Roots: The Saga of an American Family Novel by Alex HaleyPremium Off White Cream Pages Stitched Binding Matte Cover Local Premium Copy Language English Dimensions 5. 5 x 8. 26 inches Pages Amount 790 Summary Roots: The Saga of an American Family* is Alex Haley's seminal 1976 novel, a work of historical fiction that traces seven generations of his family from an 18th century African man, Kunta Kinte, who was captured and sold into slavery in America, through to Haley himself. It was a cultural phenomenon