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Who Was Maya Angelou?
Dede Putra
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Description for Who Was Maya Angelou?
Paperback. Discover the power of words with Maya Angelou, bestselling author and America's most beloved modern poet. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YNM. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 137 x 194 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, Still I Rise, Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black - and first female - streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. ... Read more
Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, Still I Rise, Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black - and first female - streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
128g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780448488530
SKU
V9780448488530
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Dede Putra
Ellen Labrecque is a former Senior Editor for Sports Illustrated for Kids and the author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including biographies of Jim Thorpe and Magic Johnson.
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