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Daddy Jake the runaway : and short stories told after dark

Title
Daddy Jake the runaway : and short stories told after dark / by "Uncle Remus" Joel Chandler Harris.
Author
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908.
Publication
New York : Century Co., c1889

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Additional Authors
  • Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933
  • Century Company, publisher.
  • De Vinne Press.
  • Children's Room Collection.
Description
[4], 145 p. : ill.; 27 cm
Alternative Title
Daddy Jake the runaway and other stories
Subject
  • African Americans > Juvenile fiction
  • African Americans > Folklore
  • Folklore > Southern States > Juvenile fiction
  • Animals > Juvenile fiction
  • Animals > Folklore
  • Slavery > Juvenile fiction
  • Fugitive slaves > Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form
Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1889.
Note
  • Copyright from t.p. verso.
  • Some illustrations signed [E.W.] Kemble.
Indexed In (note)
  • BAL
  • Lib. Company. Afro-Americana
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in *KH 1889 Harris 13-743, bookseller's ticket on upper paste down: "Jones & McCall Co. Saginaw, Mich.".
Binding (note)
  • Copy in *KH 1889 Harris 13-743, bound in pictorial paper boards, printed in red and black.
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.
Call Number
Sc 398-H (Harris, J. Daddy Jake)
LCCN
03021948
OCLC
50384323
Author
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908.
Title
Daddy Jake the runaway : and short stories told after dark / by "Uncle Remus" Joel Chandler Harris.
Imprint
New York : Century Co., c1889 ([New York] : De Vinne-Press)
Indexed In:
BAL 7117
Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 4604
Provenance
Copy in *KH 1889 Harris 13-743, bookseller's ticket on upper paste down: "Jones & McCall Co. Saginaw, Mich.". NN
Binding
Copy in *KH 1889 Harris 13-743, bound in pictorial paper boards, printed in red and black. NN
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Added Author
Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933, ill.
Century Company, publisher.
De Vinne Press.
Children's Room Collection.
Cover Title
Daddy Jake the runaway and other stories
Research Call Number
Sc 398-H (Harris, J. Daddy Jake)
*KH 1889 Harris 14-743
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