Maya Angelou(English, Paperback, Pettit Jayne)

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Maya Angelou(English, Paperback, Pettit Jayne) is written by Pettit Jayne and published by Penguin Putnam Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 014038359X (ISBN 10) and 9780140383591 (ISBN 13).

Maya Angelou: Journey of the Heart, by Jayne Pettit, offers a fresh insight into the life of a remarkable woman. It is based in part on Angelou’s autobiography. Summary of the Book Maya Angelou had to go through a troubled childhood. But her extraordinary journey as a poet, entertainer, professor, writer and activist is a timeless story. This biographical account talks about Maya’s leading role in an opera, her commitment to the civil rights movement as an activist, her unwavering dedication to writing, teaching and poetry to promote the cause of all the downtrodden African-Americans. About Jayne Pettit Jayne Pettit is an author and biographer. She has also compiled books like A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues, A Time to Fight Back, Martin Luther King Jr.: A Man with a Dream, and Jane Goodall: Pioneer Researcher. She was moved and inspired to write Maya Angelou’s biography after hearing the lady read her poem On the Pulse of Morning, at the first swearing-in ceremony of President Bill Clinton.