Uncle Remus His Songs And His Sayings

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500525385
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect—if, indeed, it can be called a dialect—through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465609792
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "UNCLE REMUS," said the little boy one evening, when he had found the old man with little or nothing to do, "did the fox kill and eat the rabbit when he caught him with the Tar-Baby?" "Law, honey, ain't I tell you 'bout dat?" replied the old darkey, chuckling slyly. "I 'clar ter grashus I ought er tole you dat, but old man Nod wuz ridin' on my eyeleds 'twel a leetle mo'n I'd a dis'member'd my own name, en den on to dat here come yo mammy hollerin' atter you. "W'at I tell you w'en I fus' begin? I tole you Brer Rabbit wuz a monstus soon creetur; leas'ways dat's w'at I laid out fer ter tell you. Well, den, honey, don't you go en make no udder calkalashuns, kaze in dem days Brer Rabbit en his fambly wuz at de head er de gang w'en enny racket wuz on han', en dar dey stayed. 'Fo' you begins fer ter wipe yo' eyes 'bout Brer Rabbit, you wait en see whar'bouts Brer Rabbit gwineter fetch up at. But dat's needer yer ner dar. "W'en Brer Fox fine Brer Rabbit mixt up wid de Tar-Baby, he feel mighty good, en he roll on de groun' en laff. Bimeby he up'n say, sezee: "'Well, I speck I got you dis time, Brer Rabbit, sezee; 'maybe I ain't, but I speck I is. You been runnin' roun' here sassin' atter me a mighty long time, but I speck you done come ter de een' er de row. You bin cuttin' up yo' capers en bouncin''roun' in dis neighberhood ontwel you come ter b'leeve yo'se'f de boss er de whole gang. En den you er allers somers whar you got no bizness,' sez Brer Fox, sezee. 'Who ax you fer ter come en strike up a 'quaintance wid dish yer Tar-Baby? En who stuck you up dar whar you iz? Nobody in de roun' worl'. You des tuck en jam yo'se'f on dat Tar-Baby widout waitin' fer enny invite,' sez Brer Fox, sezee, en dar you is, en dar you'll stay twel I fixes up a bresh-pile and fires her up, kaze I'm gwineter bobby-cue you dis day, sho,' sez Brer Fox, sezee.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395068007
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Favorite Uncle Remus written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1948 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 60 stories taken from seven of the Uncle Remus books.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nights with Uncle Remus written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional tales told by slaves, written in dialect.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 373681240X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus Stories (Annotated) written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Remus Stories (1906) by Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), with illustratrions. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably, but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following book, written by Joel Chandler Harris, features his most famous character, Uncle Remus. is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore collected from southern black Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and Jean de La Fontaine's stories. Uncle Remus is a kindly old freedman who serves as a story-telling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him, like the traditional African griot.

Author : Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus written by Joel Chandler Harris and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joel Harris
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503168923
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle Remus written by Joel Harris and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris. The Classic Uncle Remus. Includes Stories, Plantation Proverbs and Songs. I am advised by my publishers that this book is to be included in their catalogue of humorous publications, and this friendly warning gives me an opportunity to say that however humorous it may be in effect, its intention is perfectly serious; and, even if it were otherwise, it seems to me that a volume written wholly in dialect must have its solemn, not to say melancholy, features. With respect to the Folk-Lore scenes, my purpose has been to preserve the legends themselves in their original simplicity, and to wed them permanently to the quaint dialect-if, indeed, it can be called a dialect-through the medium of which they have become a part of the domestic history of every Southern family; and I have endeavored to give to the whole a genuine flavor of the old plantation. Each legend has its variants, but in every instance I have retained that particular version which seemed to me to be the most characteristic, and have given it without embellishment and without exaggeration. Phantoms! Children of dreams! True, my dear Frost; but if you could see the thousands of letters that have come to me from far and near, and all fresh from the hearts and hands of children, and from men and women who have not forgotten how to be children, you would not wonder at the dream. And such a dream can do no harm. Insubstantial though it may be, I would not at this hour exchange it for all the fame won by my mightier brethren of the pen-whom I most humbly salute.Measured by the material developments that have compressed years of experience into the space of a day, thus increasing the possibilities of life, if not its beauty, fifteen years constitute the old age of a book. Such a survival might almost be said to be due to a tiny sluice of green sap under the gray bark. where it lies in the matter of this book, or what its source if, indeed, it be really there-is more of a mystery to my middle age than it was to my prime.But it would be no mystery at all if this new edition were to be more popular than the old one. Do you know why? Because you have taken it under your hand and made it yours. Because you have breathed the breath of life into these amiable brethren of wood and field. Because, by a stroke here and a touch there, you have conveyed into their quaint antics the illumination of your own inimitable humor, which is as true to our sun and soil as it is to the spirit and essence of the matter set forth.