The Hoosier School-Master

by Edward Eggleston

Book Overview

This cherished classic of rural American life was a popular success when it first appeared in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. By the early twentieth century, it was nationally acclaimed by critics for its realistic portrayal of a vanishing phase of American life. Today it is considered a milestone in American literature, a monument to regional writing. Edward Eggleston's account of the adventures of a young schoolmaster in a nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253203244
• ISBN13: 9780253203243
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher