The Hoosier School-Master (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Edward Eggleston

Overview

Published in 1871, this was Eggleston's first and most successful novel.  Eggleston's use of authentic regional dialect was highly influential on the subsequent course of American literature.  Based on the experiences of Eggleston's brother George, the novel follows a young schoolmaster in his first year of teaching at a backwoods Indiana school. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411444676
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	292 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Edward Eggleston (1837-1902) was an American novelist and historian.  A pioneering regionalist and realist who is most closely identified with Indiana, his best-known novels include The Hoosier School-Master (1871), The End of the World (1872), and The Circuit Rider (1874).  His most notable histories are Beginners of a Nation (1896) and Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900).