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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Angelou, Maya [Hardcover]

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ISBN
9780375507892

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375507892
ISBN-13
9780375507892
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1981982

Product Key Features

Book Title
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
American / African American, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Maya Angelou
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.7 in

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Trade
LCCN
2001-041914
Dewey Edition
21
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Praise for I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved." -James Baldwin Praise for GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME "Gather Together in My Nameis part of a select body of literature that includes TheAutobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown'sManchild in the Promised Landand Ernest J. Gaines'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -William McPherson,The Washington Post Book World Praise for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES "This is a superb account by a great women who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre." -The Boston Globe, Praise for I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved." -James Baldwin Praise for GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME "Gather Together in My Nameis part of a select body of literature that includes TheAutobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown'sManchild in the Promised Landand Ernest J. Gaines'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -William McPherson,The Washington Post Book World Praise for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES "This is a superb account by a great women who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre." -The Boston Globe From the Hardcover edition., Praise for I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved." -James Baldwin Praise for GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME " Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X , Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land and Ernest J. Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman . Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World Praise for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES "This is a superb account by a great women who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre." -The Boston Globe From the Hardcover edition., Praise for I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved." -James Baldwin Praise for GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME "Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land and Ernest J. Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World Praise for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES "This is a superb account by a great women who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre." -The Boston Globe, Praise for I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS "I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved." -James Baldwin Praise for GATHER TOGETHER IN MY NAME " Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X , Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land and Ernest J. Gaines' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman . Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace." -William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World Praise for ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES "This is a superb account by a great women who has embraced a difficult destiny with rare intelligence and infectious joie de vivre." -The Boston Globe
Dewey Decimal
917.3/09/74960924 B
Synopsis
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, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity."--James Baldwin, 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, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity."--James Baldwin
LC Classification Number
PS3551.N464Z466 2002

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