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Jump Again! More Adventures of Brer Rabbit
Jump Again More Adventures of Brer Rabbit Author:Van Dyke Parks, Joel Chandler Harris, Barry Moser (Illustrator) The folktales in this book have been told and retold for so many years, and in so many countries, that their history is uncertain and difficult to trace. Whatever their origin, we know these stories were brought to the American South by black slaves who came to the United States against their will. Brer Rabbit, a seemingly defenseless creature w... more »ho regularly outsmarts much bigger animals, reminds us that resourcefulness and courage have the power to overcome ignorance and brute strength.
Joel Chandler Harris gathered these stories from Southern blacks in the late 1800's, inventing a character named Uncle Remus, an elderly black plantation slave, to tell stories about Brer Rabbit and his friends to a little white boy. While Harris has been both applauded and deeply criticized for his use of dialect and his portrayal of life in the Old South, the tales themselves never fail to reflect the power of the human spirit.« less