Bibliograph

Finding your roots, the official companion to the PBS series, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; foreword by David Altshuler

Type

Label

Finding your roots, the official companion to the PBS series, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; foreword by David Altshuler

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding your roots

Nature of contents

handbooks

Oclc number

875742479

Responsibility statement

Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; foreword by David Altshuler

Sub title

the official companion to the PBS series

Summary

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 beforeThe author investigates the genealogical histories of twenty-five prominent Americans, including Cory Booker, Martha Stewart, and Michelle Rodriguez

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by David Altshuler -- Genetic gumbo : Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr. -- The long arc of freedom : John Lewis and Cory Booker -- What's in a name? : Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada -- Redemption : Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon -- The children of Abraham : Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, and Yasir Qadhi -- From the Old World to the New : Robert Downey Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- Shadows : Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice, and Ruth Simmons -- Crossings : Margaret Cho, Sanjay Gupta, and Martha Stewart -- Neither slave nor free : Wanda Sykes, John Legend, and Margarett Cooper -- In the footsteps of conquistadors : Michelle Rodriguez, Linda Chavez, and Adrian Grenier

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