Opening in Ireland, this book follows the author's family history from
his great-great-grandfather, James Jackson to Queen, his grandmother. James Jackson
was sent to the US from Ireland and there his son and a slave, Easter, had a daughter
- Queen, Alex Haley's grandmother.
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992)
was a writer and author

Queen is Alex Haley's grandmother. From the book jacket: " This is history at its most compelling--from the Irish sod to the settlement of the South; from the Trail of Tears to the battlefield at Manassas; from the agonies of slavery to the tribulations of freedom--all rendered with the eye for telling detail and the sense of historical significance that readers have come to expect of Haley....Haley has created a truly multicultural family saga. the capstone to one of the great, classic American stories. Alex Haley died in February 1992. This book was published in 1993.

One of my all time favorite books. I also found the movie and own it on vhs but the book is of course better. ( )

I randomly picked this up off my mum's shelf because it was a thick book. Loved it. I hadn't actually read Roots before so I can't compare, but this is my favourite book that I've read (perhaps 5 times) ( )

Good but, not as good as Roots. ( )