Search Type
  • All
  • Subject
  • Title
  • Author
  • Publisher
  • Series Title
Search Title

Download

Uncle Remus

His Songs and His Sayings

Uncle Remus( )
Author: Harris, Joel Chandler
ISBN:978-1-4929-1630-7
Publication Date:Oct 2013
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $6.75
Book Description:

"These stories are as American as the stars and stripes, even though they have some of their origins in Africa." Saturday Review

"(Harris) made the lowly cabin-fires light the far windows of the world." -Frank L. Stanton

Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States blacks. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly...
More Description

Book Details
Pages:186
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.42 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds
Author Biography
Harris, Joel Chandler (Author)
Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton, Ga., on December 9, 1848. Deserted by his father at an early age, Harris dropped out of school and began working as a literary apprentice to help his mother make ends meet. Soon after, he was writing humorous pieces for several Georgia newspapers and in 1876, Harris joined the Staff of the Atlanta Constitution as an editor.

Harris is best remembered for writing the Uncle Remus stories. Based on traditional African tales and folklore, the stories feature animal characters, such as Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox, who are endowed with human characteristics. Some of the Uncle Remus titles include Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, Night with Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and His Friends, and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy.

After his death on July 3, 1908, Harris's home in Atlanta's West End was preserved as a museum called Wren's Nest. The museum got its name from a family of wrens that were found nesting in Harris's rickety old wooden mailbox.

030



Featured Books

Parable of the Sower
Butler, Octavia E.
Paperback: $19.99
I Love You Through and Through
Rossetti-Shustak, Bernadette
Board book: $8.99
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Hardback: $20.00

Rate this title:

Select your rating below then click 'submit'.






I do not wish to rate this title.