The complete tales of Uncle Remus /

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A classic book compiling the complete tales from eight books, with the original illustrations.



It's been more than a hundred years since the publication of the first Uncle Remus book, and it was in 1955 that all of the delightful and inimitable tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Brer Wolf were gathered together in one volume. All of the animal tales from eight books are here, along with the illustrations which originally accompanied them.



Any fan of folklore and mythology will treasure this edition.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword
• Acknowledgment
• A Note on the Text
• Introduction
• Preface and Dedication
• I Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
• 1. Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy (p. 3)
• 2. The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (p. 6)
• 3. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace (p. 8)
• 4. How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox (p. 11)
• 5. The Story of the Deluge, and How It Came About (p. 13)
• 6. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox (p. 16)
• 7. Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized (p. 19)
• 8. Mr. Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Buzzard (p. 23)
• 9. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit (p. 26)
• 10. Mr. Terrapin Appears upon the Scene (p. 30)
• 11. Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure (p. 34)
• 12. Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin (p. 36)
• 13. The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf (p. 39)
• 14. Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs (p. 42)
• 15. Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting, but Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game (p. 45)
• 16. Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman (p. 47)
• 17. Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter (p. 50)
• 18. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last (p. 53)
• 19. The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow (p. 57)
• 20. How Mr. Rabbit Saved His Meat (p. 60)
• 21. Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again (p. 64)
• 22. A Story About the Little Rabbits (p. 66)
• 23. Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear (p. 69)
• 24. Mr. Bear Catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog (p. 72)
• 25. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail (p. 75)
• 26. Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength (p. 78)
• 27. Why Mr. Possum Has No Hair on His Tail (p. 81)
• 28. The End of Mr. Bear (p. 84)
• 29. Mr. Fox Gets into Serious Business (p. 88)
• 30. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust (p. 91)
• 31. A Plantation Witch (p. 94)
• 32. "Jacky-My-Lantern" (p. 98)
• 33. Why the Negro Is Black (p. 102)
• 34. The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox (p. 103)
• II Nights with Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
• 1. Mr. Fox and Miss Goose (p. 111)
• 2. Brother Fox Catches Mr. Horse (p. 115)
• 3. Brother Rabbit and the Little Girl (p. 118)
• 4. How Brother Fox Was Too Smart (p. 121)
• 5. Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank (p. 124)
• 6. Brother Rabbit Secures a Mansion (p. 127)
• 7. Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man (p. 132)
• 8. The Story of the Pigs (p. 135)
• 9. Mr. Benjamin Ram and His Wonderful Fiddle (p. 139)
• 10. Brother Rabbit's Riddle (p. 143)
• 11. How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner (p. 147)
• 12. Brother Rabbit Breaks Up a Party (p. 151)
• 13. Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter (p. 155)
• 14. Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard (p. 159)
• 15. Brother Fox Covets the Quills (p. 162)
• 16. How Brother Fox Failed to Get His Grapes (p. 166)
• 17. Mr. Fox Figures As an Incendiary (p. 170)
• 18. A Dream and a Story (p. 173)
• 19. The Moon in the Mill-Pond (p. 177)
• 20. Brother Rabbit Takes Some Exercise (p. 181)
• 21. Why Brother Bear Has No Tail (p. 185)
• 22. How Brother Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors (p. 189)
• 23. Mr. Man Has Some Meat (p. 192)
• 24. How Brother Rabbit Got the Meat (p. 195)
• 25. African Jack (p. 199)
• 26. Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough (p. 206)
• 27. Brother Wolf Says Grace (p. 209)
• 28. Spirits, Seen and Unseen (p. 215)
• 29. A Ghost Story (p. 219)
• 30. Brother Rabbit and His Famous Foot (p. 223)
• 31. "In Some Lady's Garden" (p. 230)
• 32. Brother 'Possum Gets in Trouble (p. 235)
• 33. Why the Guinea-Fowls Are Speckled (p. 240)
• 34. Brother Rabbit's Love-Charm (p. 244)
• 35. Brother Rabbit Submits to a Test (p. 247)
• 36. Brother Wolf Falls a Victim (p. 250)
• 37. Brother Rabbit and the Mosquitoes (p. 254)
• 38. The Pimmerly Plum (p. 260)
• 39. Brother Rabbit Gets the Provisions (p. 265)
• 40. "Cutta Cord-La!" (p. 270)
• 41. Aunt Tempy's Story (p. 273)
• 42. The Fire-Test (p. 278)
• 43. The Cunning Snake (p. 282)
• 44. How Brother Fox Was Too Smart (p. 286)
• 45. Brother Wolf Gets in a Warm Place (p. 291)
• 46. Brother Wolf Still in Trouble (p. 294)
• 47. Brother Rabbit Lays In His Beef Supply (p. 299)
• 48. Brother Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat (p. 302)
• 49. Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself (p. 306)
• 50. Brother Rabbit Pretends to Be Poisoned (p. 310)
• 51. More Trouble for Brother Wolf (p. 313)
• 52. Brother Rabbit Outdoes Mr. Man (p. 316)
• 53. Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk (p. 319)
• 54. Old Grinny Granny Wolf (p. 321)
• 55. How Wattle Weasel Was Caught (p. 324)
• 56. Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion (p. 328)
• 57. Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament (p. 332)
• 58. The Origin of the Ocean (p. 334)
• 59. Brother Rabbit Gets Brother Fox's Dinner (p. 338)
• 60. How the Bear Nursed the Little Alligator (p. 341)
• 61. Why Mr. Dog Runs Brother Rabbit (p. 345)
• 62. Brother Wolf and the Horned Cattle (p. 347)
• 63. Brother Fox and the White Muscadines (p. 350)
• 64. Mr. Hawk and Brother Buzzard (p. 353)
• 65. Mr. Hawk and Brother Rabbit (p. 356)
• 66. The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird (p. 359)
• 67. Old Brother Terrapin Gets Some Fish (p. 361)
• 68. Brother Fox Makes a Narrow Escape (p. 363)
• 69. Brother Fox's Fish-Trap (p. 366)
• 70. Brother Rabbit Rescues Brother Terrapin (p. 369)
• 71. The Night Before Christmas (p. 376)
• III Daddy Jake, The Runaway: And Short Stories Told After Dark
• 1. Crazy Sue's Story (p. 385)
• 2. How a Witch Was Caught (p. 389)
• 3. The Little Boy and His Dogs (p. 393)
• 4. How Black Snake Caught the Wolf (p. 400)
• 5. Why the Guineas Stay Awake (p. 404)
• 6. How the Terrapin Was Taught to Fly (p. 407)
• 7. The Creature with No Claws (p. 412)
• 8. Uncle Remus's Wonder Story (p. 414)
• 9. The Rattlesnake and the Plecat (p. 419)
• 10. How the Birds Talk (p. 420)
• 11. The Foolish Woman (p. 427)
• 12. The Adventures of Simon and Susanna (p. 429)
• 13. Brother Rabbit and the Gingercakes (p. 435)
• 14. Brother Rabbit's Courtship (p. 438)
• IV Uncle Remus and His Friends: Old Plantation Stories, Songs, and Ballads with Sketches of Negro Character
• 1. Why the Hawk Catches Chickens (p. 447)
• 2. Brother Bear and the Honey Orchard (p. 451)
• 3. Brother Rabbit Has Fun at the Ferry (p. 457)
• 4. Death and the Negro Man (p. 463)
• 5. Where the Harrycane Comes From (p. 465)
• 6. Why Brother Wolf Didn't Eat the Little Rabbits (p. 468)
• 7. Mrs. Partridge Has a Fit (p. 472)
• 8. Brother Fox "Smells Smoke" (p. 475)
• 9. Brother Fox Still in Trouble (p. 479)
• 10. Why Brother Fox's Legs Are Black (p. 483)
• 11. Why Brother Bull Growls and Grumbles (p. 485)
• 12. The Man and the Wild Cattle (p. 490)
• 13. Brother Rabbit Frightens Brother Tiger (p. 495)
• 14. Brother Billy Goat Eats His Dinner (p. 501)
• 15. The King That Talked Biggity (p. 504)
• 16. Brother Rabbit's Money Mint (p. 506)
• 17. Why the Moon's Face Is Smutty (p. 510)
• 18. Brother Rabbit Conquers Brother Lion (p. 511)
• 19. "Heyo, House!" (p. 516)
• 20. According to How the Drop Falls (p. 518)
• 21. A Fool for Luck (p. 521)
• 22. The Man and His Boots (p. 524)
• 23. Brother Mud Turtle's Trickery (p. 527)
• 24. How the King Recruited His Army (p. 532)
• V Told by Uncle Remus: New Stories of the Old Plantation
• 1. The Reason Why (p. 541)
• 2. Why Mr. Cricket Has Elbows on His Legs (p. 547)
• 3. How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag (p. 556)
• 4. Brother Rabbit's Laughing-Place (p. 564)
• 5. Brother Rabbit and the Chickens (p. 573)
• 6. Little Mister Cricket and the Other Creatures (p. 579)
• 7. When Brother Rabbit Was King (p. 585)
• 8. How Old Craney-Crow Lost His Head (p. 597)
• 9. Brother Fox Follows the Fashion (p. 604)
• 10. Why the Turkey Buzzard Is Bald-Headed (p. 610)
• 11. Brother Deer and King Sun's Daughter (p. 618)
• 12. Brother Rabbit's Cradle (p. 625)
• 13. Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog (p. 633)
• 14. Why Mr. Dog Is Tame (p. 645)
• 15. Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard-Eater (p. 651)
• 16. Brother Rabbit and Miss Nancy (p. 661)
• 17. The Hard-Headed Woman (p. 666)
• VI Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
• 1. The Creeturs Go to the Barbecue (p. 679)
• 2. Brer Rabbit's Frolic (p. 681)
• 3. Brother Bear's Big House (p. 684)
• 4. Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race (p. 686)
• 5. Brer Rabbit and the Gold Mine (p. 688)
• 6. How Mr. Lion Lost His Wool (p. 691)
• VII Uncle Remus and the Little Boy
• 1. The Story of the Doodang (p. 697)
• 2. Brer Rabbit Has Trouble with the Moon (p. 700)
• 3. Brer Rabbit Causes Brer Fox to Lose His Hide (p. 703)
• 4. How Brer Rabbit Saved Brer B'ar's Life (p. 706)
• 5. The Story of Teenchy-Tiny Duck (p. 709)
• 6. The Story of Brer Fox and Little Mr. Cricket (p. 719)
• VIII Uncle Remus Returns
• 1. Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt (p. 729)
• 2. Impty-Umpty and the Blacksmith (p. 738)
• 3. Taily-po (p. 748)
• 4. Brother Rabbit, Brother Fox, and Two Fat Pullets (p. 758)
• 5. How Brother Rabbit Brought Family Trouble on Brother Fox (p. 767)
• 6. The Most Beautiful Bird in the World (p. 775)
• IX Seven Tales of Uncle Remus
• 1. Mr. Crow and Brother Buzzard Two Little Tales As Told by Old Uncle Remus (p. 789)
• 2. Mr. Goat's Short Tail (p. 792)
• 3. The Baby and the Punkins (p. 795)
• 4. Two Plantation Stories
• Brother Rabbit's Barbecue (p. 797)
• How Brother Bear Exposed Brother Rabbit at the Barbecue (p. 799)
• 5. Brother Bear Learns to Comb His Head (p. 802)
• 6. Why the Bear Is a Wrestler (p. 804)
• 7. Brother Rabbit Doesn't Go to See Aunt Nancy (p. 806)
• Glossary

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Publishers Weekly Review

Brer Rabbit and friends return in The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. Originally issued in 1955 and compiled by folklorist Richard Chase, the collection includes all the original stories (the first of which appeared in 1880), b&w artwork and glossary. Barbara McClintock provides updated jacket art. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Horn Book Review

A mammoth volume contains the complete texts and original illustrations of all eight Uncle Remus books, originally published in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Though this collection of animal tales has its share of problems, including racial stereotypes and off-putting dialect, it will still be of use to those with a historical interest in folklore and children's books. Glos. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.

(Bowker Author Biography)