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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, ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 8,500 ratings · 318 reviews · 206 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Richard Chase (Compiler) , Barbara McClintock (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 1,462 ratings — published 1880 — 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
	Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris, Robert E. Hemenway 3.74 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 1881 — 58 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 3.75 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 1907 — 48 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	The Favorite Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, Archibald C. Coolidge (Editor) , George Van Santvoord (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1973 — 2 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 (Disney's Wonderful World of Reading, #13) 3.68 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1974 — 2 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, R. Bruce Bickley (Editor) , John T. Bickley (Introduction) 3.75 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1883 — 82 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 3.99 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Jump!: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, Van Dyke Parks , Malcolm Jones 4.19 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1986 — 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
	Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1969 — 2 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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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

tags: literature, writing

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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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“You can't run away from trouble. Ain't no place that far.”
― Uncle Remus, Over 100 Storybook Classics for Kids

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