Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings (Dodo Press)

by Joel Chandler Harris

Overview

By the American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories. The stories, based on the African-American oral storytelling tradition, were revolutionary in their use of dialect and in featuring a trickster hero called Br'er ("Brother") Rabbit, who uses his wits against adversity, though his efforts do not always succeed. Apart from Uncle Remus, Harris wrote several other collections of stories depicting rural life in Georgia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781406532715
Publisher:	Dodo Press
Publication date:	05/18/2007
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908) authored 185 Uncle Remus tales, as well as other short fiction, novels, and children's stories.