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Finding Your Roots, Season 2: The Official Companion to the PBS Series
Contributor(s): Gates, Henry Louis (Author)

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 ISBN: 1469626187     ISBN-13: 9781469626185
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
OUR PRICE: $30.88  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: March 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry
Dewey: 929.107
LCCN: 2015043771
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" L (1.70 lbs) 440 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Index, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. clearly demonstrates, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots and look further back in time than ever before.

In the second season, Gates's investigation takes on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Ken Burns, Stephen King, Derek Jeter, Governor Deval Patrick, Valerie Jarrett, and Sally Field. As Gates interlaces these moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, he provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots and details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. The result is an illuminating exploration of who we are, how we lost track of our roots, and how we can find them again.


Contributor Bio(s): Gates, Henry Louis: - Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
 
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