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Joel Chandler Harris House, also known as The Wren's Nest or Snap Bean Farm, is a Queen Anne style house in Atlanta, Georgia built in 1870. It was home to Joel Chandler Harris, editor of the ''Atlanta Constitution'' and author of the ''Uncle Remus Tales'', from 1881 until his death in 1908.〔 He is most known as author of the "Uncle Remus" tales, based upon stories he heard slaves tell during his youth. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated as a historic building by the City of Atlanta. ==Overview== The house was built circa 1868 in an area then known for its upper-class residents. Harris began renting the home in 1881 before buying it two years later thanks to earnings from his first book ''Uncle Remus: Songs and Sayings''. He lived here until his death in 1908.〔Burke, Michelle Prater. ''The Ideals Guide to Literary Places in the U.S.'' Nashville, TN: Ideals Publications Incorporated, 1998: 80. ISBN 0-8249-4093-8〕 Harris had the home extended with six additional rooms and a new Queen Anne-style facade added in 1884. A furnace, indoor plumbing, and electricity were added circa 1900.〔Burke, Michelle Prater. ''The Ideals Guide to Literary Places in the U.S.'' Nashville, TN: Ideals Publications Incorporated, 1998: 81. ISBN 0-8249-4093-8〕 Harris originally referred to the home as Snapbeam Farm, as a reference to fellow author Eugene Field's home Sabine Farm. The name "Wren's Nest" came from his discovery of a family of wrens living in the mailbox in the spring of 1895.〔 After several years of correspondence, Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley visited Harris at Wren's Nest in 1900. Harris's children were especially interested in Riley and nicknamed him ''Uncle Jeems''.〔 Ultimately, Harris wrote more than twenty books while living in the home as well as several editorials for the ''Atlanta Constitution'' and various articles for magazines and newspapers — including his own, ''The Uncle Remus Home Magazine''.〔Burke, Michelle Prater. ''The Ideals Guide to Literary Places in the U.S.'' Nashville, TN: Ideals Publications Incorporated, 1998: 82. ISBN 0-8249-4093-8〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joel Chandler Harris House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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