THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER, A STORY OF BACKWOODS LIFE IN INDIANA

LIGHT GREEN COVER, WHITE LETTERING FRONT AND SPINE, WEAR DUE TO AGE AND USE, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT, COUPLE LIGHT SMUDGES IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN OTHERWISE. 34 CHAPTERS AND LISTING OF ILLUSTRATIONS, A VERY ENTERTAINING HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL THAT EGGLESTON PREPARED FROM HIS BROTHERS TIME AS SCHOOLMASTER IN INDIANA. FOR THE LOVER OF SCHOOL HISTORY AND INDIANA. 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, and was based on the experiences of his brother, George Cary Eggleston, who had been a schoolteacher in Indiana. The novel is noted for its realistic depictions of 19th-century American rural life and for its use of local dialect. Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.