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Title
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Brer Rabbit in the Briar Patch
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Printing Date
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1989
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Book Details
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Hardbound, 44 pages, full color.
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Description
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The story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby, part of the Walt Disney American Classics series.
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Synopsis
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Brer Fox and Bear make a "baby" out of tar and stick him on the side of the road to catch Brer Rabbit. Brer Rabbit says hello but the tar baby doesn't reply. He ends up hitting the tar baby and gets stuck. When Brer Fox decides how to kill him, Brer Rabbit pleads not to be flung into the briar patch, which is what ends up happening, letting Brer Rabbit free, since that's where he was born and raised.
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Variations
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First printing shows publisher Mallard Press on spine and back cover. Subsequent printings by Starlight Editions show "Starlight" on spine and no information on back cover.
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Comments
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Other than the fact that they steered away from mentioning the Tar Baby in the title of the book, the pictures are huge and magnificent. I love this book. Although there is no trace of southern dialect, the rich pictures true to the original animated sequences make up for it.
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Credits
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Mallard Press First Edition: Published by The Mallard Press, an imprint of BDD Promotional Book Company, Inc. New York, NY.
Starlight Edition: Published by Starlight Editions, an imprint of Dorset Press, a divison of Marboro Books Corp., by arrangement with Twin Books.
Both Editions: Produced by Twin Books, Greenwich, CT. Designed, edited, and illustrated by American Graphic Systems, San Fransisco.
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ISBN
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0-792-45055-8 (Mallard Press, First Edition)
0-88029-359-4 (Starlight Edition)
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UPC
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9-780792-450559; 50598 (Mallard Press, First Edition)
9-780880-293594; 90000 (Starlight Edition)
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