Joel Chandler Harris, 100th death anniversary ("Uncle Remus: His Songs & His Sayings")

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He was born in Eatonton, Georgia in 1845 and became a journalist. He
died in Atlanta.

I first encountered "Uncle Remus" through the "Better Homes and
Gardens Storybook, Vol. 1," but that only tells the first half of the
"Tar-Baby" story! So I didn't find out about Brer Rabbit's cleverness
until years later.

Julius Lester rewrote the stories in 1987.

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-525
(long biography)

http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/harris.htm
(photo, bio, multiple links)

http://www.geocities.com/oldsayville/brer.htm
(includes a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harris)

http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext00/remus11.txt
(the text of "Uncle Remus" - this may or may not work better if you
copy and paste instead of clicking)

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/remus/contents.html
(cover of the first edition)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Chandler_Harris
(includes interesting stuff from H.L. Mencken and Alice Walker)

http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/remus/background.htm
(about the controversies surrounding "Uncle Remus")

http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/7645/feature/culture/dummies_in_the_attic
(four-page article about "Song of the South" and Harris' great-great-
great grandson, Lain Shakespeare)

Two links from the museum devoted to Harris' legacy:
http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/zip-a-dee-do-dah-day/
http://www.wrensnestonline.com/jch_bio.php

(Lain Shakespeare is the executive director.)

Lenona.