Harris

Joel Chandler, an American journalist and author. He was born at Eatonton, Georgia, and lived on a plantation until the close of the war. After serving as a printer's apprentice he obtained a position on the staff of the Savannah Daily News. In 1890 he became editor of the Atlantic Constitution, in which periodical his Uncle Remus sketches first saw the light of day. Among his writings in book form are The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, Nights with Uncle Remus, Balaam and his Master, Minerva Ann, Uncle Remus, his Songs and his Sayings. Mr. Harris possesses a remarkable sympathy not only with human life, but also with animals. His familiarity with the negroes during the life on the plantation, coupled with this sympathy, made possible his creation of "Uncle Remus," of "Brer Fox," and "Brer Rabbit," which have delighted young and old for a quarter of a century.