| Finding Your Roots Contributor(s): Gates Jr, Henry Louis (Author), Altshuler, David (Foreword by), Quinn, Bill Andrew (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1483017486 ISBN-13: 9781483017488 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $90.00 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 929.107 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 6.6" (0.80 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| 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 Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates' investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminaries, including Congressman John Lewis, actor Robert Downey Jr., CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, former secretary of labor Linda Chavez, and comedian Margaret Cho. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success is practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots. Gates also 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 Jr, Henry Louis: - Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research and the holder of the distinguished Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professorship at Harvard. The author of several award-winning works of literary criticism, he also wrote the memoir Colored People; The Future of the Race, coauthored with Cornel West; and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Quinn, Bill Andrew: -Bill Andrew Quinn is a veteran in the voice-over world. In addition to hundreds of commercials and audiobooks, his many credits include work on The Sopranos, The Montel Williams Show, and Showtime at the Apollo, as well as characters for Grand Theft Auto IV and other video games. Totinos, Corona, Lincoln-Mercury, and McDonald's are among his many television campaign clients. Gates Jr, Henry Louis: -Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research and the holder of the distinguished Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professorship at Harvard. The author of several award-winning works of literary criticism, he also wrote the memoir Colored People; The Future of the Race, coauthored with Cornel West; and Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. |