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Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Embellished Manuscripts Collection) Midi Lined Hardcover Journal

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1st January 2022

Price: £17.99

Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781439781852

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Published in 1969, Maya Angelou’s coming-of-age memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was an immediate national bestseller and a critical success. The book, the first in a series that chronicled her early life through the 1960s, helped to establish Angelou (1928–2014) as a major figure in American letters.On this manuscript page from the book, Angelou captures the moment when she and her brother, Bailey, arrived in Arkansas to be raised by their paternal grandmother and presages the personalities that she and Bailey would later develop. We are honoured to partner with The New York Public Library to bring this important document to our Paperblanks collection.