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Joel Chandler Harris, (born Dec. 9, 1848, Eatonton, Ga., U.S.—died July 3, 1908, Atlanta), American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus. As apprentice on a weekly paper, The Countryman , he became familiar with the lore and dialects of the plantation slave.

The Ironic Life of Joel Chandler Harris. Happy Birthday to the storyteller who preserved a piece of Southern folklore forever. Joel Chandler Harris ’s legacy is complicated. He left us with Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit and a host of other African American characters but, unfortunately, his portrayal of these characters was racist.

American. Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post– Reconstruction era Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books.

Most famous for his creation of the black folk figure Uncle Remus, Joel Chandler Harris was also a journalist, humorist, and novelist. Born in rural Georgia to a single mother, Harris suffered poverty and social ostracism in his childhood.

Joel Chandler Harris died on July 3, 1908, of acute nephritis and was buried in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. Obituary writers were not exaggerating when they eulogized this celebrated middle Georgia writer as "the most beloved man in America."

Harris, Joel Chandler, (1848-1908) Writer. One of the South’s most treasured authors, Joel Chandler Harris gained national prominence for his numerous volumes of Uncle Remus folktales. Harris’s long-standing legacy as a “progressive conservative” New South journalist, folklorist, fiction writer, and children’s author continues to ...

Joel Chandler Harris has 542 books on Goodreads with 18094 ratings. Joel Chandler Harris’s most popular book is The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus.

Joel Chandler Harris is best known for preserving the Brer Rabbit folktales in the Uncle Remus series. Harris was born in Barnes Inn and Tavern in downtown Eatonton, Georgia in 1845. As a student, he was teased by his classmates for his stutter, red hair, and short stature.