This is a novel of 19th-century American rural life and the use of the local dialect in Indiana. Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston was his brother. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1856. He wrote a number of tales, some ...
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This is a novel of 19th-century American rural life and the use of the local dialect in Indiana. Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist. Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston was his brother. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1856. He wrote a number of tales, some of which, especially the "Hoosier" series, attracted much attention. Among these are The Hoosier Schoolmaster, The Hoosier Schoolboy, The End of the World, The Faith Doctor, and Queer Stories for Boys and Girls. Eggleston was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1893. His boyhood home at Vevay, known as the Edward and George Cary Eggleston House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. His summer home, Owl's Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home. Eggleston died there in 1902, at the age of 64. Owl's Nest was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. His daughter, the writer, Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye, was married to Elwyn Seelye, the founder of the New York State Historical Association. (wikipedia.org)
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F. Opper and W. E. B. Starkweather. Good. No Dj. Book 12 mo., hardcover, front hinge shaky, two pages loose at center from string binding and light edgewear else good in green pictorial boards with white lettering. (revised edition, 281 pp. This was a popular novel not only for it's convential plot of all turning out well (romance, poor orphans becoming wealthy, and the evil ones receiving just punishment with mitigation), but also for its description of early days in Indiana. The country school is pictured as a constant warfare between master and the big boys (taken from his brother's actual experiences as a school teacher), the community spelling school, different forms of bigoted and illiterate preaching offered to new settlers, and amusing attempts at formality in the proceedings of the courts.
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Opper, F.; Starkweather, W.E.B. Good plus or better, light general wear, darkened spine. Soiled covers. Int hinge splitting at front endpapers and title.
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