The Wren’s Nest

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Review| August 01 2023 The Wren’s Nest The Wren’s Nest, Joel Chandler Harris Association, Susan Lasby, Operations Manager. Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.wrensnest.org/ Laura A. Macaluso, PhD Laura A. Macaluso, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2023) 45 (3): 112–115. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2023.45.3.112 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Laura A. Macaluso; The Wren’s Nest. The Public Historian 1 August 2023; 45 (3): 112–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2023.45.3.112 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search Listening to a tale well told is a highlight when visiting The Wren’s Nest, named for the wrens who made a home in the mailbox at the house belonging to Joel Chandler Harris and his family. Set back from a hot, almost treeless street where buses and cars dominate, The Wren’s Nest—in need of some volunteer gardeners—is surrounded by leafy trees. There is shade, and a gate at the entrance to the sidewalk, which helps announce the site to those passing by. The Wren’s Nest, in Atlanta’s primarily Black West End Neighborhood, began life as a farmhouse and was Victorianized in the Queen Anne and Eastlake styles with an asymmetrical roofline, a deep wrap-around porch, and decorative siding. Harris (1848-1908), was a journalist associated with Atlanta’s New South movement, and the author of the wildly popular Uncle Remus stories. Featuring didactic animal tales passed down through African and Black American... You do not currently have access to this content.