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  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Paperback) By (author) Dr Maya Angelou

  

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  Short Description for I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsSuperbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.
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  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Published: 21 April 2009
  • Format: Paperback 289 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Literary | Autobiography: Literary | Memoirs
  • ISBN 13: 9780345514400 ISBN 10: 0345514408
  • Sales rank: 2,562

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Full description for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

• 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 about love for herself and 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 is a modern American classic that will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.