Nights With Uncle Remus is Joel Chandler Harris’s second collection of the Brer Rabbit stories he transcribed from African American oral tradition in the post-Civil War South. The trickster rabbit — cunning, resourceful, and perpetually outwitting stronger opponents — is one of the most enduring figures in American folklore, with roots stretching back to West African animal trickster tales.
Harris’s recordings preserve a rich tradition of storytelling, though modern readers should approach his dialect transcriptions with their historical context in mind. This free EPUB is cleanly formatted and ready for any device.