Homespun America: A Collection of Writings--happy, Somber, Gay, Serious, Rough, Subtle, and Otherwise--designed to Capture the Essential Quality of the Free United StatesWallace Brockway, Bart Keith Winer |
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Page 545
... Uncle Remus stories have long tempted readers with their delicious flavor . Theodore Roosevelt rose up " with the purpose of being a better man " after reading Joel Chandler Harris . ( The moral of Uncle Remus , said Harris , was that ...
... Uncle Remus stories have long tempted readers with their delicious flavor . Theodore Roosevelt rose up " with the purpose of being a better man " after reading Joel Chandler Harris . ( The moral of Uncle Remus , said Harris , was that ...
Page 546
... Uncle Remus ? " asked the little boy next evening . " He come mighty nign it , honey , sho's you born - Brer Fox did . One day atter Brer Rabbit fool ' im wid dat calamus root , Brer Fox went ter wuk en got ' im some tar , en mix it wid ...
... Uncle Remus ? " asked the little boy next evening . " He come mighty nign it , honey , sho's you born - Brer Fox did . One day atter Brer Rabbit fool ' im wid dat calamus root , Brer Fox went ter wuk en got ' im some tar , en mix it wid ...
Page 549
... Uncle Remus twisting and waxing some shoe - thread , he made what appeared to him to be a very curious discovery . He discovered that the palms of the old man's hands were as white as his own , and the fact was such a source of wonder ...
... Uncle Remus twisting and waxing some shoe - thread , he made what appeared to him to be a very curious discovery . He discovered that the palms of the old man's hands were as white as his own , and the fact was such a source of wonder ...
Contents
NATHANIEL AMES | 1 |
DAVY CROCKETT | 58 |
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | 98 |
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