The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann
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The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann (1899)
by Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by A. B. Frost
by Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by A. B. Frost
Stories of the American South during the Reconstruction era. Many of the chapters were first published as individual short stories in magazines. [
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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THE CHRONICLES
OF
AUNT MINERVY ANN
BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST
1899.
LONDON:
J. M. DENT & CO.,
29 AND 30, BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
THE CHRONICLES OF
AUNT MINERVY ANN
CONTENTS
PAGE I. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 III. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70 IV. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97 V. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................119 VI. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 VII. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................157 VIII. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................182
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- "I ain't fergot dat ar 'possum"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Frontispiece FACING
PAGE- "Well, he can't lead me"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6 - He wore a blue army overcoat and a stove-pipe hat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8 - "Sholy you-all ain't gwine put dat in de paper, is you?"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Inquired what day the paper came out................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14 - "I was on the lookout," the Major explained................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18 - In the third he placed only powder................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - We administered to his hurts the best we could................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - "I'd a heap rather you'd pull your shot-gun on me than your pen"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - The Committee of Public Comfort................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
72 - Buying cotton on his own account................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
76 - "Miss Vallie!"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
78 - "I saw him fling his hand to his shoulder and hold it there"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
80 - "Dat ar grape jelly on de right han' side"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82 - "'Conant!' here and'Conant' dar'"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
84 - "Drapt down on de groun' dar an' holler an' cry"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
90 - "Oh, my shoulder!"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122 - "Marse Tumlin never did pass a nigger on de road"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
124 - "We made twelve pies ef we made one"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
126 - "I gi' Miss Vallie de money"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
128 - "Ef here ain't ol' Minervy Ann wid pies!"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
130 - "You see dat nigger 'oman?"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 - "An' he sot dar, suh, wid his haid 'twix' his han's fer I dunner how long"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
134 - "You'll settle dis wid me"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
136 - "Dat money ain't gwine ter las' when you buy dat kin' er doin's"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
160 - Trimmin' up de Ol' Mules................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
162 - "She wuz cryin'—settin' dar cryin'"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
164 - "Here come a nigger boy leadin' a bob-tail boss"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
166 - "He been axin' me lots 'bout Miss Vallie"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
172 - "Marse Tumlin 'low he'll take anything what he can chaw, sop, er drink"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
176 - "I hatter stop an' pass da time er day"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
178 - "Hunt up an' down fer dat ar Tom Ferryman"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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