The Hoosier School-Master by Edward Eggleston
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content: 1871
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content: <i>The Hoosier School-Master</i> is an innovative novel for young readers set in the backwoods of southern Indiana in 1871. It is an exemplar of the regional literature that flourished in the United States after the Civil War. As the author explains in the Preface, since the customs and thoughts of New Englanders are well represented in books, his mission is to "describe life in the back-country districts of the Western States." The novel is unique for having documented the Hoosier dialect of the mid-19th Century. “His record of colloquial American speech may be considered a precursor to such renowned works as Huckleberry Finn,” according to the Indiana Public Media Corporation.
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content: The book contains 29 black and white illustrations. The burgundy cover is plain and the spine proclaims the title in elaborate script within a leaf pattern. The back inside cover pages advertise other books for young readers. The volume is 226 pages in length.
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content: Author and preacher Edward Eggleston (1837-1902) had limited formal education and pursued independent study in literature, language, history, and religion. As editor of Hearth and Home magazine, Eggleston began serializing the children’s stories that would eventually comprise the very popular The Hoosier Schoolmaster. Among his other works are <i>Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans</i>, a series of biographies of American Indians, and a cultural history of the United States. Eggleston served as president of the American Historical Association.
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content: The novel was published by Orange Judd and Company based in Manhattan, New York. Active from the mid-19th to early 20th Centuries, the Company specialized in publications about agriculture, gardening, farming, and American cooking.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2017.3049.84
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content: 2017.3049
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content: 2017.3049.84
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content: book
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.175 cm