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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris Richard Chase Books

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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris Richard Chase Books

My brother asked in a recent conversation, "Whatever happened to the copy of Uncle Remus Tales mom used to read us?" Replying, "I don't know," my hunt was on to locate the precise edition for his 65th birthday present. This is that edition; this is The Book. Every tale, every bit of folklore, fable, and parable accompanied by wonderful pen and ink drawings is here. These are not the Disney-fied kiddy tales you might recall from "Song of the South." These are Joel Chandler Harris's effort to record in full dialect the stories he heard as a yourh from a very old and wise man in the plantation slave quarters. It took a gifted ear to capture them and even greater talent to read them aloud in "these days of modern times." Reading them silently is nearly impossible, I find. These tales cry out to be Told.


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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris Richard Chase Books Reviews

This book was, and still may be, banned in some schools and libraries. Political nonsense. The "offending" language is written phonetically and is called Gullah. It still exists today. Example the famous Kumbyah, Lord is Gullah for Come by here, Lord.
This book influenced Mark Twain who loved it and read it to his children and then wrote in Gullah in Huck Finn, which is also banned in some libraries. The book is known to have influenced James Joyce, who loved it, Edgar A. Poe, who loved it, and of course Mark Twain. Up until the Civil Rights movement Uncle Remus's stories were easy to get and commonly read. Then hyper-sensitivity to the language developed until Gullah became politically incorrect, banned and remains so. The stories are charming, laugh out loud funny and up there with Aesop for morality lessons and problem-solving skills. Best when read aloud. You'll get the rhythm soon enough. Read it to your children and you will learn something yourself.
I was raised in the south by a Mother that was probably a 4th generation southerner. The tales of Uncle Remus were a staple in her repertoire of bedtime stories. Yes,,,some are politically incorrect these days. Yes,,,,not many people these days would get the language "accents." But...timeless tales and part of southern history. My Granny told Uncle Remus stories to my Mama. My mama told them to me. My mama also told them to her grandchildren (who remember those storytelling times with Grandmama fondly). My grandson is due to be born in a month or so,,,,I don't know these stories by heart like my mama did...and I live on the other side of the U.S.....but every time my daughter reads a tale from this book to her son, she'll be passing on family history.
This is a beautifully put together book with original text and illustrations--over 800 pages of stories! There is a glossary at the back which helps a little, but it's almost like a puzzle sometimes figuring out the dialect, like reading the molespeech in Redwall books but based on African American dialect of the late-1800s. Since I have read that these stories are traditional folklore verified by multiple sources at the time of writing (at least according to Wikipedia), it's really an amazing compilation.
A great piece of our American history to own and share with every new generation before political correctness kills common sense and nostalgia completely off
I treasure this book as I have all my life - to have Uncle Remus would be a dream come true. I think he was the wisest character I've ever read about and i am grateful.

Thank you.
Just as i remember growing up my mom would read this book to me and my sister. I thought id go and start reading it to my boys. As you read you almost have to change the way you talk as the wording is in old slave accent. Love the stories.
This book is a wonderful collection of old folk tales that are being eliminated from our world in the name of political correctness. It is very unfortunate that we are losing a significant part of our literary history because it is written in a dialect that is no longer popular and occasionally uses words that can be viewed as offensive, while at the same time any four letter word or sexual reference is fine. Some of the tales are simply entertaining and others contain important lessons about values and morals. Reading the tales brought back many pleasant memories of my childhood growing up in rural Arkansas. Thanks to for making it available.
My brother asked in a recent conversation, "Whatever happened to the copy of Uncle Remus Tales mom used to read us?" Replying, "I don't know," my hunt was on to locate the precise edition for his 65th birthday present. This is that edition; this is The Book. Every tale, every bit of folklore, fable, and parable accompanied by wonderful pen and ink drawings is here. These are not the Disney-fied kiddy tales you might recall from "Song of the South." These are Joel Chandler Harris's effort to record in full dialect the stories he heard as a yourh from a very old and wise man in the plantation slave quarters. It took a gifted ear to capture them and even greater talent to read them aloud in "these days of modern times." Reading them silently is nearly impossible, I find. These tales cry out to be Told.