Project Gutenberg 2005-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 151 Eggleston, Edward 1837 1902 Opper, Frederick Burr 1857 1937 Opper, F. (Frederick) Starkweather, William Edward Bloomfield 1876 1969 Starkweather, W. E. B. (William Edward Bloomfield) The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana" by Edward Eggleston is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work centers around Ralph Hartsook, a young schoolmaster who walks into the challenging and often tumultuous environment of Flat Creek, Indiana. The narrative explores the interactions of Hartsook with his students, his struggles to gain respect, and the dynamics of rural life in Indiana during this period. The opening of the novel introduces Ralph as he arrives to take charge of a school in Flat Creek, where he faces skepticism and potential hostility from both the trustees and the students, particularly from a strong-willed boy named Bud Means. Eggleston depicts Ralph's initial trepidations, amplified by the rural setting, his encounters with various characters including the intimidating bulldog, and his human aspirations to bond with his students, even amidst their doubts. The chapter sets the stage for a rich exploration of education, community, and personal growth against the backdrop of American dialects and regional culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Teachers -- Fiction Indiana -- Fiction Country homes -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Fiction 379559 379545 2024-10-07T03:55:49.311967 2023-09-07T05:58:50.259980 text/html text/html 374973 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1082428 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1207429 2024-10-07T03:55:59.644876 application/epub+zip 1208453 2024-10-07T03:55:53.516958 application/epub+zip 218818 2024-10-07T03:55:51.958955 application/epub+zip 1512352 2024-10-07T03:56:04.320864 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1474867 2024-10-07T03:55:58.362915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361589 2022-09-07T19:54:28.749622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350614 350525 2024-10-07T03:55:48.507948 2023-09-07T05:58:49.450994 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 350216 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 137105 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 350211 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 137067 2020-12-14T03:03:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23108 2024-10-07T03:56:04.469860 application/rdf+xml 24700 2024-10-07T03:55:52.537921 image/jpeg 4682 2024-10-07T03:55:52.248917 image/jpeg 1188800 2024-10-07T03:55:49.370969 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia