Angelou, Maya.

I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou. - Ballantine Books mass market ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, 2009, c1969. - 289 p. ; 18 cm.

Originally published: New York : Random House, 1970.

A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.



9780345514400 (pbk.) 0345514408 (pbk.)


Angelou, Maya--Childhood and youth.
Angelou, Maya--Homes and haunts--Arkansas.


Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Entertainers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Biography.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Arkansas.
African American families--Arkansas.


Arkansas--Intellectual life--20th century.
Arkansas--Social life and customs.

PS 3551 .N464 / Z46 2009