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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Joel Chandler Harris |
| Editors: |
Hugh T. Keenan |
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Biography & Autobiography • Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Format: Hardcover, 531
Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr (June 01, 1993)
Measurements: 9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 1.5"(d), 2.1 lbs.
ISBN: 9780820314808 |
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"Formality in a friendly letter subjects the other person to all the rigors of a snow storm". With those words, Joel Chandler Harris kindly admonished his six children on how to write to him while they were off at school, on prolonged visits, or working away from home. In turn, Harris kept his offspring informed about his works in progress, current events, household activities, and the latest gossip. He sternly advised his four boys - especially the oldest, Julian - on how they should conduct their lives and careers. He regaled his two daughters - his "dearest chums and partners" - with skits and sketches. In this volume, Hugh T. Keenan has collected the 280 surviving letters - most of them never before published - written by Harris to his children. In compiling this correspondence, Keenan uses Harris's own words to "fill in the domestic autobiography for the years 1890 to 1908", offering not only an intimate portrait of the author but also a compelling glimpse of the turn-of-the-century South in which he l |
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