The Hoosier Schoolmaster (novel)

The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Illustration from the novel
AuthorEdward Eggleston
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOrange Judd
Publication date
1871
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages226 pp.
Followed byThe Hoosier Schoolboy (1883) 

The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana is an 1871 novel by the American author Edward Eggleston. The novel originated from a series of stories written for Hearth and Home, a periodical edited by Eggleston,[1] and was based on the experiences of his brother, George Cary Eggleston, who had been a schoolteacher in Indiana.[2] The novel is noted for its realistic depictions of 19th-century American rural life and for its use of local dialect.[3]

  1. ^ Nicholson, Meredith (December 1902). "Edward Eggleston". The Atlantic Monthly. 90 (542). Houghton, Mifflin & Co.: 804–809. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  2. ^ King, Levi. "Edward Eggleston". Our Land, Our Literature. Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, Ball State University. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  3. ^ Underwood, Gary N. (December 1974). "Toward a Reassessment of Edward Eggleston's Literary Dialects". The Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. 28 (4). Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: 109–120. doi:10.2307/1346528. JSTOR 1346528.