100 Years Ago, Brer Rabbit and Joel Chandler Harris Were Quite Popular. That Is No Longer True; But Many Are Still Influenced by These Gems From Folk Literature. Step Inside to Learn More -- Or Catch the Full Audio Presentation Online
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus - Brer Rabbit - Full Audio Presentation Online
100 Years Ago, Brer Rabbit and Joel Chandler Harris Were Quite Popular. That Is No Longer True; But Many Are Still Influenced by These Gems From Folk Literature. Step Inside to Learn More -- Or Catch the Full Audio Presentation Online
Monday, August 18, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Tar Baby Story
Listen to a live telling of the Tar Barby Story: CLICK!
The Tar Baby Story Is The Most Famous Brer Rabbit Story
Original Illustration
The Brer Rabbit Stories Were Written the Way That Harris Remembered Hearing Them Told.
The Text Is Difficult to Read. It Is In A Slave Dialect.
The Use of Slave Dialect Is Controversial Now.
It Is A Reminder of A Time When Slaves Worked On Southern Plantations.
Native American Trickster Tales
Illustrations from Gerald McDermott's Interpretations of Native American Trickster Tales
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