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Franklin Library leather edition of Joel Chandler Harris's "Uncle Remus," Illustrations by A.B. FROST, a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1984. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has scarlet red moire silk end leaves, a satin book marker, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in Fine condition. Joel Chandler Harris, who lived from 1848-1908, was born and reared in EATONTON, GEORGIA where he hunted coons, possums, rabbits, and foxes. When Harris was thirteen years old, he was hired by Joseph Turner, who owned TURNWOLD PLANTATION and the "Countryman," a weekly newspaper. Harris lived at Turnwood where he and the Turner children visited with African/American children, listening to their sayings, their songs, and their dialects. Harris wrote stores about UNCLE REMUS and the TAR BABY. Stories in this volume include: "Uncle Remus Initiates the Little boy," The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story," "Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace," "How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox," "The Story of the Deluge and How it Came About," "Jacky my-Lantern," "Why the Negro Is Black," "How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Fine Bushy Tail," "Mr. Bear Catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog," "Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized," "Mr. Fox is Outdone by Mr. Buzzard," "A Plantation Witch," "Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit," "Mr. Terrapin Appears on the Scene," "The End of Mr. Bear," "The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox," "The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow," "The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox," "Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last," "The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow," "Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength," "The End of Mr. Bear," "A Plantation Witch," "Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength," "Why the Negro Is Black," "Why Mr. Possum Has No Hair on His Tail," and others. 144 pages. I offer Combined shipping.