Billy Sanders Discusses Fathers and Sons

Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) was born near Eatonton, Georgia, and while serving as a typesetter’s apprentice he began to immerse himself in Negro folklore. His Uncle Remus stories were beloved in the United States for many years before falling out of favor in the second half of the twentieth century for reasons connected to racial sensitivities. His essays, such as the one reproduced here, were somewhat overshadowed by the stories, but they are full of the light-hearted gaiety and common sense which marks the present selection about the parental discipline necessary to raise children (and especially boys) properly. Harris embraced the Catholicism of his wife and children just a few weeks before his death.

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