Paperblanks - Angelou I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Embellished Manuscripts Collection) Ultra Lined Hardcover Journal - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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. Today the manuscript is held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture a part of The New York Public Library. With connections to activist literary and expat communities in the United States and Ghana Angelou's work encapsulates the Schomburg Center's strongest holdings stories of the struggles triumphs and fortitude in the everyday vicissitudes of Black life. We are honoured to partner with The New York Public Library to bring this fascinating document to our Paperblanks collection.
Title: Angelou I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (Embellished Manuscripts Collection) Ultra Lined Hardcover Journal
Author(s): Paperblanks
Publisher: Paperblanks
Barcode: 9781439781845
Pages: 144 Pages
Publication Date: 1/1/2022
Series: Embellished Manuscripts Collection
Category: Stationery Items