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Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings

Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings

Frost, A. B.
Harris, Joel Chandler

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General Juvenile Fiction

ISBN10: 1417903783
ISBN13: 9781417903788
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Apr 1 2005
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings is a collection of African-American folktales and songs compiled and written by Joel Chandler Harris. The book is set in the post-Civil War South and features the character of Uncle Remus, a wise and humorous old man who tells stories to children. The tales are told in a dialect that reflects the language and culture of the time and place, and they feature animals such as Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, and Br'er Bear, who engage in trickery and humorous situations. The book also includes songs and rhymes that were popular in the African-American community at the time. Overall, Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings is a significant work of American literature that reflects the cultural history and traditions of the South.1880. With over 100 illustrations. American author and journalist, Harris is famous for humorous adaptations of black folk legends in the Uncle Remus Stories. These folktales, to by a Negro to a little boy, feature a variety of animals with the rabbit as hero and the fox next in importance, and often stress the importance of brains over brawn.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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