Maya Angelou / I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Signed 1st Edition 1969

Description: I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [Signed] Author: Angelou, Maya Title: I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS [Signed] Publication: New York, NY: Random House, 1969 Edition: Book Club Edition Description: Octavo, 281 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.95", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the edges, moderate wear along the fore corners, and moderate wear along the spine head and tail edges. Boards have staining on the joints and rear board, has mild bending wear along the fore corners, and mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout and mild wear along the edges. Signed "Joy!" by Maya Angelou on second half-title page. Book Club Edition, with dimple to rear cover and no red topstain. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. NOTES Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou would work a string of odd-jobs before becoming a poet and writer including fry cook, streetcar conductor in San Francisco, and correspondent to Egypt and Ghana in the decolonization of Africa. Angelou was a prominent activist, working with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X throughout the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. Angelou met Malcolm X in the early 1960's when he visited Accra, Ghana, and the pair would work together in 1965 to form the short-lived Organization of Afro-American Unity before X's death. Angelou was asked in 1968 to help organize a march by Martin Luther King Jr., but postponed, King's assassination taking place on her 40th birthday. The devastating losses would lead Angelou to write her first autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"."I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is an autobiographical piece of literature, the first in a seven-volume series that follows Angelou throughout her life. This volume explores various subjects including identity, rape, racism, and literacy. It also explores women's lives in a male-dominated society. The book would be nominated for a 1970 National Book Award and would remain on the NYT Bestseller List for two years. It stands today as an innovative work that has forged new literary avenues in memoir and remains regularly studied from highschool to universities. Seller ID: 1385927 Subject: African-Americana, Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Speeches Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 400 USD

Location: Rockville, Maryland

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