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Bookmark or Share- Joel Chandler Harris | Uncle Remus, African American, FolktalesJoel Chandler Harris (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta) was an American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus. As apprentice on a weekly paper, The Countryman, he became familiar with the lore and dialects of the plantation slave.
- Uncle Remus Tales - New Georgia EncyclopediaThe Uncle Remus tales are African American trickster stories about the exploits of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and other “creeturs” that were recreated in Black regional dialect by Joel Chandler Harris.
- Uncle Remus - WikipediaUncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post– Reconstruction era Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books.
- The complete tales of Uncle Remus - Archive.orgCrow and Brother Buzzard ; Two little tales, as told by old Uncle Remus (Mr. Goat's short tail ; The baby and the punkins) ; Two plantation stories (Brother Rabbit's barbecue, or, How Brother Bear exposed Brother Rabbit at the barbecue ; Brother Bear learns to comb his head) ; Why the bear is a wrestler ; Brother Rabbit doesn't go to see Aunt Nancy
- Joel Chandler Harris - WikipediaJoel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years, Harris spent most of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at The ...
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