I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good /No DJ as Issued
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press. A beautiful crisp clean leather bound hardcover copy in near fine condition, Easton press bookplate without name on front endpaper and faintly bumped upper corners. Signed by author. . Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1999.
Synopsis
Titled after a stanza from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem “Sympathy,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of a series of seven autobiographical novels by African-American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Personally deeply involved and affected by the civil rights movement, the volume explores racism and identity in her early life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was nominated for the National Book Award in 1970. However, due to its depiction of controversial subjects such as sexuality, lesbianism and rape, the use of the novel in classrooms has been frequently challenged.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Maxwell's House of Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052075
- Title
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SIGNED MAYA ANGELOU EASTON PRESS BURGUNDY WITH GOLD GILT ABOVE LC kca0615
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