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Roots is a groundbreaking story of history and family that spanned continents and touched generations. One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots galvanized the nation and created an extraordinary political, racial, social, and cultural dialogue that hadn’t been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The book sold more than one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

The Northern Roots Oldham project is dedicated to improving and managing an area of land in the centre of a post industrial heartland. It’s also a project that, for many of those involved, connects on a deeply personal level, as we explore our heritage, our history and our environment. In a town where nature gave way to the relentless might of industry, we ask a question first posed by Mary Higgs in 1901…beautiful Oldham - Why Not?

As a Baltimore cop, Nate Burke watched his partner die on the street - and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepted the job as Chief of Police in a tiny, remote Alaskan town with the hopes of starting over.

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