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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Harold Bloom (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
January 1, 2004
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613708302
ISBN-10
061370830X
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
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Original list price
$45.30
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Color Purple | Mom & Me & Mom | All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes | Letter to My Daughter | And Still I Rise | The Complete Poetry | Phenomenal Woman | The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou | Letter to My Daughter
The Color Purple | Mom & Me & Mom | All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes | Letter to My Daughter | And Still I Rise | The Complete Poetry | Phenomenal Woman | The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou | Letter to My Daughter
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Maya Angelouâs 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 PBSâs 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 Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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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 âpowhitetrash.â At eight years old and back at her motherâs side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageâand 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 (âI met and fell in love with William Shakespeareâ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
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âI 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.ââJames Baldwin
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 Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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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 âpowhitetrash.â At eight years old and back at her motherâs side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageâand 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 (âI met and fell in love with William Shakespeareâ) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
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Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.
Â
âI 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.ââJames Baldwin
Editions
Library
New edition from Chelsea House Pub (November 1, 2010)
9781604138764 | details & prices | 122 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography, nominated for the National Book Award in 1969, recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams.
About: Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography, nominated for the National Book Award in 1969, recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams.
2 new edition from Chelsea House Pub (June 1, 2009)
9781604131871 | details & prices | 141 pages | 6.75 × 10.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $45.00
About: Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams.
About: Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams.
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (January 1, 2004)
9780613708302 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $45.30
About: Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
About: Maya Angelouâs debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
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