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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- Condition
- POOR
- ISBN 10
- 0553139045
- ISBN 13
- 9780553139044
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Bantam Books. Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included.
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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- Discover Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 3656063943
- Title
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- Author
- Maya Angelou
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - POOR
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0553139045
- ISBN 13
- 9780553139044
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto: New York
- This edition first published
- 1980
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