NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
For more than a hundred years, the tales of Joel Chandler Harris have entertained and influenced both readers and writers. Nights with Uncle Remus gathers seventy-one of Harris's most popular narratives, featuring African American trickster tales, etiological myths, Sea Island legends, and chilling ghost stories. Told through the distinct voices of four slave storytellers, indispensable tales like "The Moon in the Mill-Pond" and other Brer Rabbit stories have inspired writers from Mark Twain to William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, and helped revolutionize modern children's literature and folktale collecting.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14585CH
- Title
- NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES FOLKLORE TALES LEGENDS AND STORIES OF ANIMALS AFRICAN AMERICANS BLACK HISTORY RACIAL HISTORY ETHNIC HISTORY AUTHORS HARRIS JOEL CHANDLER 1848 1908 AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES FICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black History; Animals;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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