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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
by: Joel Chandler Harris

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780395067994
ISBN: 0395067995
Label: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 912
Publication Date: September 09, 1955
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Studio: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston
Sales Rank: 448766

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Product Description:
Tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer B'ar, Brer Wolf, and others told by Uncle Remus are gathered together in one volume.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Uncle Remus
I have loved the Uncle Remus stories ever since a was 5 years old and my grandmother read them to me. She had the dialect down pat. It is very good to have this book in the house again and it is out where people can look at it and read a story, if they are so inclined. It is also a good tool to explain to children how attitudes and language have changed since those times.

I appreciate the quick delivery of this treasure and my daughter has already said, "Mom, can I have it when you are gone?" :-)

Sally

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- Fables of value
This book, and the Disney movie that came from it, Song of the South, is often avoided because of language and the status of the blacks in the story (slaves), but it is an insight into the times and the mores of those times, no matter how unenlightened, and the language is used as it was--descriptive; not in a necessarily derogatory fashion. Not right, but accurately.

Essentially, the stories,however, are AESOP type fables promoting the lessons of living in society. The book is a wonderful glimps into history and shows a curious side of the slavery issue where those not deemed equals were in fact entrusted to help in tha raising of the children.

Remove someof the language, and consider the dialog as simply an accent and not a derogatory statement, and you have a ... Read More

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- An American Classis as it should be!
Joel Chandler Harris was a child in the years preceding the Civil War and a teenager when the war ended. He immersed himself in the slaves' world, learning their stories and their language. Starting in 1880 and continuing throughout his life, Harris published these stories. He wrote them the way they were told and as he heard them. In doing so, he preserved a sound of life that has all but disappeared. Harris is the American Alsop and these fables are as fresh and vital now as they were over 100 years ago.
The language takes getting used to. Very few will be able to pick up this book and start reading without a learning curve. This is part of the charm of the stories. We are reading what Harris heard and how he wrote it. This book is faithful to the language that the stories ... Read More

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- The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
This book was purchased as a gift for a friend after a discussion about the stories that we read to our children as they were growing up. Unfortunately over the years she lost many items because of her husband dislike for things being around. I was very please to see the number of stories and the overall presentation of this book. My youngest child is now 30 years old and I would still like to read these stories just for myself to bring back so many memories.

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- A Good Buy
Purchased this book for my mother as a Christmas present. I read a few of the stories contained within. They are entertaining and engaging, although the language is a bit hard to read at first, but after awhile it does start to flow.

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