Title:
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings
Author:
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908.
ISBN:
9780140390148
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books, 1982.
Physical Description:
222 p. ; 18 cm.
Series:
Penguin American library
Series Title:
Penguin American library
General Note:
Originally published: New York : D. Appleton, 1880.
Abstract:
Presents the legends, songs, and sayings of Uncle Remus, following the text of the first edition of Joel Chandler Harris' attempt to record traditional black stories of his time.
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Summary
Summary
The dialect, lore, and flavor of black life in the nineteenth-century South is portrayed as it appeared to Georgia-born Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus's "Legends of the Old Plantation."
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Table of Contents
| Introduction: Author, Teller, and Hero | p. 7 |
| Suggestions for Further Reading | p. 33 |
| A Note on the Text | p. 35 |
| Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings | p. 37 |