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Joel Chandler Harris

Born

in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States

December 09, 1848

Died

July 03, 1908

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books, Classics

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Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist born in Eatonton, Georgia who wrote the Uncle Remus stories, including Uncle Remus; His Songs and His Sayings, The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, (1880), Nights with Uncle Remus (1881 & 1882), Uncle Remus and His Friends (1892), and Uncle Remus and the Little Boy (1905).

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. The frog is the trickster character in traditional tales in Central and Southern Africa. The stories, which began appearing in the Atlanta Constitution in 1879, were po ...more

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	The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus 4.14 avg rating — 1,609 ratings — published 1880 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris, Robert Hemenway (Introduction) 3.65 avg rating — 607 ratings — published 1881 — 345 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit 3.82 avg rating — 336 ratings — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brer Rabbit 3.99 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Bruce Bickley (Introduction), John Bickley (Introduction) 3.76 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1883 — 156 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby 3.96 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walt Disney's Brer Rabbit and His Friends by Joel Chandler Harris, Walt Disney Company 3.84 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Favorite Uncle Remus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1973 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jump!: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, Van Dyke Parks, Malcolm Jones 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby by Joel Chandler Harris, Henrik Drescher (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.”
― Uncle Remus

tags: life, living, there-ain-t-no-place-that-far, trouble, you-can-t-run-from-trouble

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“When you've got a thing to say,
Say it! Don't take half a day.
When your tale's got little in it
Crowd the whole thing in a minute!
Life is short--a fleeting vapor--
Don't you fill the whole blamed paper
With a tale which, at a pinch,
Could be cornered in an inch!
Boil her down until she simmers,
Polish her until she glimmers.”
― Joel Chandler Harris

tags: literature, writing

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“[...Brer Rabbit] said his prayers over like a train of railroad cars running [...].”
― Joel Chandler Harris, Giant Treasury of Brer Rabbit

tags: how-to-pray, prayer, trains

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