In this novel, one character sends his illegitimate son Chicken George to England to settle a cockfighting debt.
In this novel, one character sends his illegitimate son Chicken George to England to settle a cockfighting debt. The central family of this work moves to Henning, Tennessee, the final setting of this novel in which one character has a foot amputated after attempting to flee Spotsylvania. Tom Lea's son tells the story of the first major character of this novel after the birth of each of his children and later has to leave North Carolina because of a law about the re-enslavement of free blacks. In this novel, Dr. Waller sells off Kizzy, the daughter of the Gambian Muslim Kunta Kinte. For 10 points, name this fictionalized account of the heritage of Alex Haley.
In this novel, one character sends his illegitimate son Chicken George to England to settle a cockfighting debt.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family