gold gilt 1905 UNCLE REMUS PLANTATION TALES BRER FOX RABBIT JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

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**** TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS **** JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS BLACK AMERICANA FOLKLORE HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE Highly sought after JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS ( "TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS" ) SOLD IN FIXED PRICE ANTIQUE STORES WITH PRICE UPWARDS OF $300.00 ILLUSTRATED BY A.E. FROST, FRANK VERBECK, AND J.M. CONDE OLD PLANTATION TALES TOLD BY OL UNCLE REMUS, THE KINDLY OLD "DARKEY" WHO SHARES THE NEGRO FOLKLORE OF THE DEEP SOUTH BY TELLING THE STORIES TO THE "LITTLE BOY" ( AMONG MANY OTHERS ) SHOWN ON THE ENDSHEET ILLUSTRATIONS. THIS LITTLE BOY IS VISITING HIS GRANDMOTHER, MISS SALLY, ON THE PLANTATION WHERE HIS FATHER GREW UP AND IN HIS TURN HAS BECOME THE DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF THE "OLD DARKEY" BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS THAT ARE WORKS OF ART WITHIN THEMSELVES CONTENTS ARE TITLED: THE REASON WHY WHY MR. CRICKET HAS ELBOWS ON HIS LEGS HOW WILEY WOLF RODE IN THE BAG BROTHER RABBIT'S LAUGHING-PLACE BROTHER RABBIT AND THE CHICKENS LITTLE MISTER CRICKET AND THE OTHER CREATURES WHEN BROTHER RABBIT WAS KING HOW OLD CRANEY CROW LOST HIS HEAD BROTHER FOX FOLLOWS THE FASHION WHY THE TURKEY BUZZARD IS BALD-HEADED BROTHER DEER AN' KING SUN'S DAUGHTER THE HARD HEADED WOMAN BROTHER RABBIT AND THE GIZZARD EATER +++ **** IT IS WITHIN THIS VOLUME THAT THE READER FINALLY HEARS THE TRUE FEELINGS OF UNCLE REMUS AND DEEP SOUTHERN DIALECT TALES OF GEORGIA. read more