I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

New York: Random House, 1969.

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Hardcover. First edition, first issue with red topstain. Owner name front pastedown, a bit spine-cocked, and slightly skinned on the last two facing leaves, else near fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book, and the first volume in her notable autobiography.

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Item #468041 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya ANGELOU.

Maya Angelou
birth name: Maya Angelou
born: 4/4/1928

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African-American poet whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore