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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Analog audio cassette - 1986

by Maya Angelou; Read by Maya Angelou


About this book

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.

Summary

Superbly 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.From the Hardcover edition.

First Edition Identification

Random House published the first edition of the novel in 1969. Markings for a first edition are characteristic of the publisher with the words "First Edition" clearly stated on the copyright page. The first issue also has a red-stained top edge.

Details

  • Title I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  • Author Maya Angelou; Read by Maya Angelou
  • Binding Analog Audio Cassette
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Audio Publishing Group, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date March 12, 1986
  • Abridged Yes
  • ISBN 9780394553696 / 0394553691
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.06 x 4.4 x 0.81 in (17.93 x 11.18 x 2.06 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90740066
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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New York, United States: Random House USA Inc, 1986. Mixed media pr. As New. An unforgettable memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s in a tin y Arkansas town where Angelou's grandmother's store was the heart of the co mmunity and white people seemed as strange as aliens from another planet. 2 cassettes.
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UNITED STATES: Random House Audio, 1986 Audio Book. Good. AUDIO CASSETTE. 2 AUDIO CASSETTES in the original printed box. Some shelf wear to the box. We will test each cassette before shipping for reliable sound quality. You will receive a worthwhile set. Enjoy this presentable AUDIO CASSETTE performance..
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