This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. - Format: Paperback
- Author: Joel Chandler Harris
- ISBN10: 1409926907
- ISBN13: 9781409926900
Joel Chandler Harris 1848-1908 was an American journalist, born in Eatonton, Georgia, who wrote the Uncle Remus stories, including: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings 1880 , Nights with Uncle Remus 1881/1882 , Uncle Remus and His Friends 1892 , and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy 1905 . The stories, based on the African-American oral storytelling tradition, were revolutionary in their use of dialect. They featured a trickster hero called Brer Brother Rabbit, who used his wits against adversity, though his efforts did not always succeed. Harris began publishing his stories in the Atlanta Constitution in 1879 at a time of great interest in the South and in freedmen. They became popular among both black and white readers in the North and South, not least because they presented an idealized view of race relations soon after the Civil War. Apart from Uncle Remus, Harris wrote several other collections of stories depicting rural life in Georgia, including Mingo and Other Sketches in Black and White 1884 , Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches 1887 and Stories of Georgia 1896 .
