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9. The Managerial Woman, Henning & Jardim (8)
8. The Managerial Woman, Henning & Jardim (9)
The origin of Roots is the very kind of storytelling Haley lauds. While a boy hi Henning, Tenn., he first learned of the "furthest-back person" his grandmother talked about?Kunta Kinte. Says Haley: "Grandmother would bubble with pride about 'Chicken George' [Haley's great-great-grandfather], but when telling...
Kizzy bears a mulatto son whom she calls George. But she also whispers into the infant's ear the African name of his grandfather, Kunta Kinte. The passing on of the name becomes a refrain throughout the book. It binds George, who becomes trainer of Massa's fighting...
The next generation finds Kinte blood mingled with that of an ambitious black man named Will Palmer, who in 1894 becomes the prosperous owner of a Henning lumber company. Haley him self was born in Ithaca, N. Y., son of Bertha and Simon Haley, both college educated, teachers, and solid...