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December 3

The December 3rd issue of Publisher’s Weekly in 1881 recorded the fact that a new book, entitled Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings—The Folklore of the Old Plantation was ready for publication. Written by a Georgia printer-journalist named Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus struck such a responsive chord that it quickly became a best […]