I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou.

By:

Angelou, Maya

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: 281 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0375507892

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

813.54 B 21

LOC classification:

PS3551.N464 Z466 2002

Online resources:

Dissertation note: Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. 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. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis,

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages	920.073 A.M.I 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	C. 1		11604-2
Books	Centeral Library First floor - Languages	920.073 A.M.I 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	C. 2		11604-1

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters.

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.

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis,

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