The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Joel Chandler Harris Joel's grandparents were Georgians, the maiden name of his maternal grandmother was Turman, a modification of the original name Tubman, and she was of Scotch origin. She had two daughters, and she often referred to Joel's mother as Lady Sensible and to the sister as Lady Beautiful. The latter was fond of dress and good times, and Joel's mother, Mary Harris, in later life told Of ironing countless white petticoats for her pleas ure-loving sister, for in those days a young lady was not considered well dressed unless she tripped lightly under the weight of two or three starched petticoats, with elaborate ¿ounces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.