Daddy Jake the runaway : and short stories told after dark / by "Uncle Remus" Joel Chandler Harris.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Billie M. Levy Collection of Illustrated Children's books.
Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Main Author: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Century Company (Publisher)
De Vinne Press (Printer)
Other Authors: Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933 (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Century Co., 1896.
Series:Billie M. Levy Collection of Illustrated Children's books.
Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Folklore.
Folklore > Southern States > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Folklore.
Plantation life > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
African Americans.
Animals.
Folklore.
Fugitive slaves.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Southern States.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Children's literature.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Folklore.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Children's literature.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
Physical Description:198 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Also issued online.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Daddy Jake, the runaway
  • How a witch was caught
  • The little boy and his dogs
  • How Black Snake caught the wolf
  • Why the guineas stay awake
  • How the terrapin was taught to fly
  • The creature with no claws
  • Uncle Remus's wonder story
  • The rattlesnake and the polecat
  • How the birds talk
  • The foolish woman
  • The adventures of Simon and Susanna
  • Brother Rabbit and the gingercakes
  • Brother Rabbit's courtship.