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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Bantam (May 12 1997)
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Prologue
In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls - with candor, humor, poignancy and grace - how her journey began....

Chapter 1
Our parents had decided to put an end to their calamitous marriage, and Father shipped us home to his mother. A porter had been charged with our welfare-he got off the train the next day in Arizona-and our tickets were pinned to my brother's inside coat



Book Description

In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls - with candor, humor, poignancy and grace - how her journey began....

About the Author

Maya AngelouMaya Angelou

Maya Angelou is an accomplished poet, an award-winning writer, a journalist, an activist, a performer, a dancer, an actress, a director, and a teacher. She is also a three-time Grammy Award winner for her autobiographical spoken-word recordings. Born in St. Louis, she was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then went to San Francisco. She lives in Harlem, NY, and Winston-Salem, NC.

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