Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings

In "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings," Joel Chandler Harris crafts a rich tapestry of African American folklore, narrated through the charming persona of Uncle Remus, a fictional old black man living in the post-Civil War South. This collection, first published in 1880, cleverly combines the cadence of Southern dialect with vivid storytelling, making the oral tradition accessible to a wider ...