Author | Edward Eggleston |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Orange Judd |
Publication date | 1871 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 226 pp. |
Followed by | The 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]