NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS - 71 Illustrated tales narrated by Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris, Illustrated by Milo Winter
eBook
(Abela Publishing, Jan. 13, 2019)
Nights with Uncle Remus presents 71 of Harris's, or Uncle Remusâ, most popular narratives, featuring Brer Rabbit, African American trickster tales, Sea Island legends, and spine tingling ghost stories. For more than a hundred years, the tales of Joel Chandler Harris have entertained and influenced both readers and writers and none less that the tales and stories of Brer Rabbit told by Uncle Remus, stories like:"The Moon in the Mill-Pond,"âMr. Fox and Miss Goose,ââThe Story of the Pigs, ââWhy the Alligator's Back is Rough,ââWhy the Guinea-fowls are speckled,ââThe Night before Christmas,ââŚ..and of course a healthy number of Brer Rabbit tales like:âBrer Rabbit's Love-charm,ââBrer Rabbit rescues Brer TerrapinââBrer Rabbit and the Mosquitoesâand many other Brer Rabbit stories.These stories, and others like them, have inspired writers from Mark Twain to William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston and Toni Morrison, which helped revolutionise modern children's story telling and literature.These stories are illustrated by none other than the great Milo Winter who also illustrated notable volumes like Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Tanglewood Tales, and many others. This volume is sure to keep you and your young ones enchanted for hours, if not because of the quantity, then their quality. They will have you coming back for more time and again.10% of the profit from this volume will be donated to charities.============KEYWORDS/TAGS: fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, childrenâs stories, childrens stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy kingdom, ethereal, fairy land, classic stories, childrenâs bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, laughter, Brer rabbit, uncle remus, woodland, animals, Br'er Fox, Br'er Wolf, Aunt Nancy, Affiky, African, Atter, Bear, Benjermun, Big-Money, Bimeby, breff, Buckra, Bumbye, Buzzard, Buzzud, cabin, chillun, Coon, creeturs, Deer, fiddle, foolee, Fox, Gater, Gator, Goose, Hawk, holler, Jack, King, Lilly, Lion, Mammy-Bammy, Meadows, negroes, neighborhoods, neighbourhoods, Ole, Possum, puss, Ram, Riley, Sally, squall, Tarrypin, Tempy, Tildy, Unk, Wildcat, Wolf, woods, yo'se'f, youer, yuther