Eggleston, Edward

Eggleston, Edward
born Dec. 10, 1837, Vevay, Ind., U.S.
died Sept. 4, 1902, Lake George, N.Y.

U.S. novelist and historian.

He became an itinerant preacher at age 19; he later held various pastorates and edited several periodicals. He realistically portrayed backwoods Indiana in The Hoosier School-Master (1871). His other novels include The End of the World (1872), The Circuit Rider (1874), Roxy (1878), and The Graysons (1888). He then turned to writing history; his Beginners of a Nation (1896) and Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900) contributed to the growth of the study of social history.

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▪ American writer
born Dec. 10, 1837, Vevay, Ind., U.S.
died Sept. 4, 1902, Lake George, N.Y.

      clergyman, novelist, and historian who realistically portrayed various sections of the U.S. in such books as The Hoosier School-Master.

      By the age of 19, Eggleston had become an itinerant preacher, but circuit riding broke his health. He held various pastorates, serving from 1874 to 1879 in Brooklyn; he was an editor of the juvenile paper, Little Corporal (1866–67), the National Sunday School Teacher (1867–73), and other periodicals.

      In all of his work he sought to write with “photographic exactness” of the real West. The most popular of his books for adults was The Hoosier School-Master (1871), a vivid study of backwoods Indiana. His other novels include The End of the World (1872), The Mystery of Metropolisville (1873), The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age (1874), Roxy (1878), and The Graysons (1888). His later novels and children's books are considered less significant. After a trip to Europe in 1879 he turned to the writing of history. His Beginners of a Nation (1896) and Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900) contributed to the growth of social history.

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