I know why the caged bird sings

Angelou, Maya2007

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Summary

In this, the first volume of her autobiography, writer and poet Maya Angelou reflects on her childhood spent growing up in the American South of the 1930s. There she learned the power of the white townsfolk and suffered the trauma of rape.

Record details

Main title:

I know why the caged bird sings

Author:

Angelou, Maya

Edition:

2002 reprint.

Imprint:

London : Virago, 1984.

Collation:

281 p. ; 20 cm.

Notes:

Originally published: New York: Random House, 1969.In this, the first volume of her autobiography, writer and poet Maya Angelou reflects on her childhood spent growing up in the American South of the 1930s. There she learned the power of the white townsfolk and suffered the trauma of rape.

Credits:

Author, Maya Angelou.

Audience:

Teenage non fiction.

ISBN:

086068511X97808606851119780860685111 (pbk)

Language:

English

Subject:

Angelou, Maya -- Childhood and youthAmerican literature - BiographiesAfrican American women authors -- 20th century -- BiographyAfrican American authors -- 20th century -- BiographySouthern States -- Race relationsSouthern States -- Social conditions -- 1945-

Index terms:

African-Americanswomen writersWomen writersUnited States