I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou [New]

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Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.

Mass Market Paperback

Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

ISBN: 0345514408    EAN: 9780345514400
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | African American & Black
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs