Description: UNCLE REMUS by Joel Chandler Harris 5 AUDIO CD Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation that is almost impossible to solve, has passed into the English language and common use.) Even people who have never read any of these tales will know exactly why you don’t throw a rabbit into a briar patch, mainly because Walt Disney produced his first movie ever to use professional actors with animation, called “Song of the South”, based on the Uncle Remus tales. Joel Chandler Harris, a newsman in Georgia, grew up listening to folktales told by the local black population. Later, he published his version of these tales in a series of stories printed in the “Atlanta Constitution.” The tales of, and by, Harris’ chief character Uncle Remus, an old black man scrabbling to make his living in the post-Civil War South, were extremely popular and widely read. Harris’ use of innovative spelling to give the reader a sense of the black dialect was considered novel. While this is not a book that will pass a current political correctness test, due to its use of labels for black folks which have gone out of polite conversation, Uncle Remus is a largely sympathetic look at post-war plantation life. Uncle Remus himself is a warm, folksy man of good humor and dry wit, and after finishing his animal stories, the remaining sayings and tales are a moment of history frozen in amber. Read by Mark Smith Approx. Play Time: 6 hours 12 minutes More audiobooks by Joel Chandler Harris UNCLE REMUS Uncle Remus and His Friends Nights With Uncle Remus Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit UNCLE REMUS RETURNS THIS CD WILL PLAY IN ANY CD PLAYER INCLUDING YOUR CAR
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Book Title: Joel Chandler Harris
Narrative Type: Fiction
Topic: Children's & Young Adults'
Case Type: Paper Sleeve
Format: Audio CD
Type: Audiobook
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Language: English
Modified Item: No
Length: Unabridged
Intended Audience: Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Genre: Bedtime Stories & Nursery Rhymes, Children & Young Adults, Fantasy