Uncle Joe S Stories

"[...]man, and kept on searching for adventures all the time. Besides, it would have been five hundred to one against his escaping every time, as Uncle Joe always did, "by the skin o' his teeth." Once he was tied to the stake, and just going to be scalped by the Indians, when some miraculous thing (I forget what at this moment) occurred to save him; once he was in the very coils of an enormous snake, and was yet preserved; and at another time, he was actually swallowed by a crocodile, (I am sure I don't know how he got down its throat without a disabling nip from some of those teeth which I have noticed in the mouths of stuffed crocodiles in museums, ) and escaped by means of employing his [...]."

This book contains a series of comedic short stories about a boy growing up on a farm during the 1970's. Mainly based on true events, it includes many cartoons.

Unique Elements About the Author Historical Context - Timeline Commentaries A CHILDREN'S STORYBOOK by EDWARD HUGESSEN KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN. "Uncle Joe's Stories," by BRITISH author EDWARD HUGESSEN KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN is a book of short stories of medieval adventures and fairy tales, first published in 1879 in the UNITED KINGDOM. Classic adventure stories for children, filled with thrilling adventure and fairy mysteries. Sneak Peak "I had almost made up my mind to write no more Fairy Tales, to let sprites and elves alone for ever, and to refrain from any further research into the dark and mysterious doings of warlocks and witches in the olden time. But fate is stronger than the will of man, and I am powerless to resist the influences brought to induce-nay, to compel-me to alter my determination." Synopsis This book of six short stories, of novella proportions, begins with the story of the book's title, "Uncle Joe," an adventuresome traveller known as a compelling storyteller. Other stories in this volume include: "Zac's Bride," "Evelyn With The Fairies," and "The Crones of Mersham." Title Details  Originally published in 1879 Collection of short stories