I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings SIGNED
by Maya Angelou
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear and staining to the black cloth boards. Minor staining on the rear pastedown. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor edgewear to the extremities. Original $5.95 price present on the front flap.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou.
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Inventory# (M5-15).
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4735
- Title
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings SIGNED
- Author
- Maya Angelou
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
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