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100 1 _aAngelou, Maya.
245 1 0 _aI know why the caged bird sings /
_cMaya Angelou.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_c2002.
300 _a281 p. ;
_c22 cm.
502 _aMaya Angelou’s 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 PBS’s 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 Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. 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,
600 1 0 _aAngelou, Maya
_xChildhood and youth.
600 1 0 _aAngelou, Maya
_xHomes and haunts
_zArkansas.
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_xHomes and haunts
_zArkansas.
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_y20th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aEntertainers
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aAfrican American families
_zArkansas.
650 0 _aAfrican American authors
_vBiography.
651 0 _aArkansas
_xIntellectual life
_y20th century.
651 0 _aArkansas
_xSocial life and customs.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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