Transcriber’s Note: This book contains outdated racial stereotypes andwords that are now considered highly offensive.


[i]

THE CHRONICLES OF
AUNT MINERVY ANN


[ii]

“I ain’t fergot dat ar ’possum.”

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[iv]

THE CHRONICLES OF
AUNT MINERVY ANN

BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK 1899

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Copyright, 1899, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

TROW DIRECTORY
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY
NEW YORK


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CONTENTS

PAGE
I.An Evening with the Ku-Klux1
II.“When Jess went a-fiddlin’”34
III.How Aunt Minervy Ann Ran Away and Ran Back Again70
IV.How She Joined the Georgia Legislature97
V.How She Went Into Business119
VI.How She and Major Perdue Frailed Out the Gossett Boys139
VII.Major Perdue’s Bargain157
VIII.The Case of Mary Ellen182

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“I ain’t fergot dat ar ’possum”Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
“Well, he can’t lead me6
He wore a blue army overcoat and a stove-pipe hat8
“Sholy you-all ai
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