Joel Chandler Harris - (1848-1908)
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By Candace WhitleyI. Biography Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia on December 9, 1848.
As he was growing up, he began to love to write. Even though he had a difficult childhood, he grew up to be a great poet and writer. In 1876, Harris worked as part of the newspaper staff in Macon
and in Savannah. After 1876, he was part of the staff editing the Atlanta Constitution. After he quit editing the newspapers, he began writing poems, proverbs and children's books. In 1883, he published
UncleRemus: His Songs and Sayings, his first poem and proverbs. Later collections include Night with Uncle Remus, published in 1883, Uncle Remus and His Friends, published in 1892, and
Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, published in 1905. The technique that Joel Chandler Harris used was that he told his stories in the first
person. He based his tales and stories on relationships. The tales are told with much dialogue and dialect. Chandler died in Atlanta, Georgia on July 3, 1908. II. Sources
Safra, Jacob E. : Goulka, James E. "Joel Chandler Harris."
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