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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100394429869
ISBN-139780394429861
eBay Product ID (ePID)37318
Product Key Features
Book TitleI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1970
TopicAmerican / African American, Cultural Heritage, Literary, Customs & Traditions, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMaya Angelou
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN73-085598
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsPraise 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 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 Decimal917.3/09/74960924 B
SynopsisSuperbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas - a world of which most Americans are ignorant.