Uncle Remus by HARRIS, Joel Chandler show

Uncle Remus by HARRIS, Joel Chandler

Summary: Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation that is almost impossible to solve, has passed into the English language and common use.) Even people who have never read any of these tales will know exactly why you don’t throw a rabbit into a briar patch, mainly because Walt Disney produced his first movie ever to use professional actors with animation, called “Song of the South”, based on the Uncle Remus tales. Joel Chandler Harris, a newsman in Georgia, grew up listening to folktales told by the local black population. Later, he published his version of these tales in a series of stories printed in the “Atlanta Constitution.” The tales of, and by, Harris’ chief character Uncle Remus, an old black man scrabbling to make his living in the post-Civil War South, were extremely popular and widely read. Harris’ use of innovative spelling to give the reader a sense of the black dialect was considered novel. While this is not a book that will pass a current political correctness test, due to its use of labels for black folks which have gone out of polite conversation, Uncle Remus is a largely sympathetic look at post-war plantation life. Uncle Remus himself is a warm, folksy man of good humor and dry wit, and after finishing his animal stories, the remaining sayings and tales are a moment of history frozen in amber. (Summary by Mark)

Podcasts:

 1 - 01 - Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:45

1 - 01 - Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy

 1 - 02 - The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:48

1 - 02 - The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story

 1 - 03 - Why Mr. Possum loves Peace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:46

1 - 03 - Why Mr. Possum loves Peace

 1 - 04 - How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:26

1 - 04 - How Mr. Rabbit was too sharp for Mr. Fox

 1 - 05 - The Story of the Deluge, and how it came about | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:06

1 - 05 - The Story of the Deluge, and how it came about

 1 - 06 - Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:26

1 - 06 - Mr. Rabbit grossly deceives Mr. Fox

 1 - 07 - Mr. Fox is again victimized | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:51

1 - 07 - Mr. Fox is again victimized

 1 - 08 - Mr. Fox is outdone by Mr. Buzzard | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:11

1 - 08 - Mr. Fox is outdone by Mr. Buzzard

 1 - 09 - Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:04

1 - 09 - Miss Cow falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit

 1 - 10 - Mr. Terrapin appears upon the Scene | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:44

1 - 10 - Mr. Terrapin appears upon the Scene

 1 - 11 - Mr. Wolf makes a Failure | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:34

1 - 11 - Mr. Wolf makes a Failure

 1 - 12 - Mr. Fox tackles Old Man Tarrypin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:26

1 - 12 - Mr. Fox tackles Old Man Tarrypin

 1 - 13 - The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:40

1 - 13 - The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf

 1 - 14 - Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:17

1 - 14 - Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs

 1 - 15 - Mr. Fox goes a-hunting, but Mr. Rabbit bags the Game | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:34

1 - 15 - Mr. Fox goes a-hunting, but Mr. Rabbit bags the Game

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