Joel chandler harris biography

joel chandler harris biography

Joel Chandler Harris - Georgia Writers Museum

    Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories.

Biography of Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus

  • Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories.

    • Joel Chandler Harris - New Georgia Encyclopedia

      Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories.

    Harris, Joel Chandler

    Nationality: American. Born: Near city of Eatonton, Georgia, 9 December 1848. Education: Eatonton Academy for Boys. Family: Married Esther LaRose in 1873; nine children. Career: Print-er's devil and typesetter, Countryman weekly, published at the Turnwold Plantation, 1862-66; staff member, Macon Telegraph, Georgia, 1866; reporter, Crescent Monthly,New Orleans, 1866-67; staff writer, Monroe Advertiser, Forsyth, Georgia, 1867-70; staff writer, Savannah Morning News, Georgia, 1870-76; staff writer, Atlanta Constitution, 1876-1900; founder, with his son Julian, Uncle Remus's magazine, Atlanta, 1907-08. Awards: L.H.D.: Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, 1902. Member: American Academy, 1905. Died: 2 July 1908.

    Publications

    Collections

    The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, edited by Richard Chase. 1955.

    Short Stories

    Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings: The Folklore of the Old Plantation. 1880; as Uncle Remus and His Legends of t

    Biography of Joel Chandler Harris

  • Joel Chandler Harris (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta) was an American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus.
    • joel chandler harris children One of the South's most treasured authors, Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales.
    joel harris rodeo Harris’s long-standing legacy as a “progressive conservative” New South journalist, folklorist, fiction writer, and children’s author continues to influence our society today.
    joel chandler harris title Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories.
    Joel Chandler Harris - Wikipedia

    Joel Chandler Harris - Wikisource, the free online library

  • Joel Chandler Harris (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta) was an American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus.

    • Joel Chandler Harris - Wikiwand

      Biography of Joel Chandler Harris W ELL in advance of the twentieth-century development of folklore studies and cultural anthropology as academic disciplines, Joel Chandler Harris gathered the dialect tales he had heard in his childhood told by slaves.

    Joel Chandler Harris - New Georgia Encyclopedia

  • Joel Chandler Harris (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta) was an American author, creator of the folk character.

    • Joel Chandler Harris - Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame

      Joel Chandler Harris is best known for preserving the Brer Rabbit folktales in the Uncle Remus series.