Joel Chandler Harris: A Biography and Critical Study

by R. Bruce Bickley Jr. and Jr. Bickley, R. Bruce

Book Overview

This biography and critical study reconstructs Harris's life and career from his humble origins as an illegitimate child and plantation-newspaper printer's devil through his years in Macon, Forsyth, Savannah, and Atlanta. When Harris died in 1908, his national and international popularity rivaled his friend Mark Twain's. A psychologically complex person, Harris became an accomplished Southern local colorist who left multiple legacies as an American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820331856
• ISBN13: 9780820331850
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"