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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 254pp. Brown decorative cloth, light wear. Light soil to fore edge pages, 2 pages have creased corners. Brown slipcase very good, with light rubbing, light soil. .
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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- Books For You
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006364
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Angelou, Maya
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- NONFICITION BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR POET FINE BINDING CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrations, Decorations, Fine Bindings; Biography & Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Folio
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- Fore Edge
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