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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 (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta) was an American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus. As apprentice on a weekly paper, The Countryman, he became familiar with the lore and dialects of the plantation slave.
Jul 18, 2002 · One of the South’s most treasured authors, Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales. 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.
Dec 2, 2019 · Harris, Joel Chandler, (1848-1908) Writer. One of the South’s most treasured authors, Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales.
Most famous for his creation of the black folk figure Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris was also a journalist, humorist, and novelist. Born in rural Georgia to a single mother, Harris suffered poverty and social ostracism in his childhood.
Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post– Reconstruction era Atlanta , and he produced seven Uncle Remus books.
Joel Chandler Harris. Who knew a boy born in Eatonton, GA December 9th 1845 would go on to become one of America's finest writers. From a young age Joel was surrounded by literature and gained experience while working as a printer's devil at Turnwold Plantation in East Eatonton.
