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THE COLLECTED AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF MAYA ANGELOU
by Maya Angelou
ISBN: 0679643257
ISBN-13: 9780679643258
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Modern Library
Published date: 2004
Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 2.6 pounds
Pages: 1167
Publisher's Notes
A single volume omnibus edition featuring Angelou's celebrated autobiographies contains I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, and A Song Flung Up to Heaven.
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