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Joel Chandler Harris

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born

December 09, 1848 in Eatonton, Georgia, The United States

died

July 03, 1908

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Children's Books

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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, wer...more

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Books by Joel Chandler Harris

Average rating: 4.12 · 1,175 ratings · 88 reviews · 109 distinct works

	Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, David Borgenicht, Don Daily 4.25 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Richard Chase (Compiler) 4.11 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Brer Rabbit Again! 3.97 avg rating — 105 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris, Robert Hemenway 3.62 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1880 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Favorite Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Archibald C. Coolidge (Editor), George Van Santvoord (Editor) 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1973	My rating:
	Stories From Uncle Remus 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings	My rating:
	Brer Rabbit 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Jump!: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, Van Dyke Parks, Malcolm Jones 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (Illustrated Edition) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, R. Bruce Bickley (Editor), John T. Bickley (Introduction) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Joel Chandler Harris

“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

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