The Hoosier Schoolmaster

About this eBook

Author

Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902

Title

The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Country homes -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15099

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15099

Release Date

February 18, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER
2. 2.A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana — REVISED — with an introduction and Notes on the District by the Author, — EDWARD EGGLESTON — With Character Sketches by — F. OPPER — and other Illustrations by — W.E.B. STARKWEATHER
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE LIBRARY EDITION. — BEING THE HISTORY OF A STORY.
4. 4.PART OF THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.The Hoosier School-Master.
7. 7.CHAPTER I — A PRIVATE LESSON FROM A BULLDOG.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — A SPELL COMING.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — MIRANDY, HANK, AND SHOCKY.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — SPELLING DOWN THE MASTER.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — THE WALK HOME.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — A NIGHT AT PETE JONES'S.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — OMINOUS REMARKS OF MR. JONES.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — HAS GOD FORGOTTEN SHOCKY?
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — THE DEVIL OF SILENCE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI — MISS MARTHA HAWKINS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — THE HARDSHELL PREACHER.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — A STRUGGLE FOR THE MASTERY
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — A CRISIS WITH BUD.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — THE CHURCH OF THE BEST LICKS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — THE CHURCH MILITANT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — A COUNCIL OF WAR.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — ODDS AND ENDS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — FACE TO FACE.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — GOD REMEMBERS SHOCKY.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — MISS NANCY SAWYER.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — PANCAKES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — BUD WOOING.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — A LETTER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — A LOSS AND A GAIN.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE FLIGHT.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — THE TRIAL.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. — "BROTHER SODOM."
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE TRIAL CONCLUDED.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. — AFTER THE BATTLE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. — INTO THE LIGHT.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. — "HOW IT CAME OUT" — THE END

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