Author : Edward Eggleston
Release : 1871
Genre : Boys
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Hoosier School-master by : Edward Eggleston
Download or read book The Hoosier School-master written by Edward Eggleston. This book was released on 1871. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional novel by Edward Eggleston, first serialized in Hearth and Home in 1871 and published in book form the same year. The novel is primarily of interest for its naturalism, its setting in rural Indiana, and its extensive use of Hoosier dialect. Based partially on the experiences of the author's brother, the novel relates episodes in the lives of inhabitants of a backwoods Indiana town as well as the experiences of the young man who is hired to be the only teacher in the town's school. --The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature.