Project Gutenberg 2007-12-08 Public domain in the USA. 95 Eggleston, Edward 1837 1902 The Hoosier School-boy Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Hoosier School-boy" by Edward Eggleston is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around young Jack Dudley, a new student in the village school of Greenbank, who faces the trials of fitting in with his peers while navigating the complexities of childhood friendships, bullying, and the educational system of the time. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Jack as he innocently observes a game played by the larger boys on the playground, feeling a mix of curiosity and apprehension about fitting in. His first encounter with the schoolmaster, Mr. Ball, is tense, showcasing the strict authority under which the children must operate. Jack's struggle with peer acceptance is further complicated by bullies like Will Riley and King Pewee Rose, who target him and others, leading to both verbal jabs and physical confrontations. As loyalty and friendship begin to develop around Jack, particularly with classmates like Bob Holliday and Susan Lanham, the story sets the stage for a coming-of-age narrative filled with humor, emotion, and relatable struggles of youth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Teachers -- Fiction Indiana -- Fiction Country life -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 263412 263369 2024-09-10T09:03:22.198605 2023-09-10T12:07:37.627052 text/html text/html 275404 2007-12-08T08:22:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 493562 2007-12-08T08:22:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 503503 2024-09-10T09:03:28.528615 application/epub+zip 505538 2024-09-10T09:03:23.859629 application/epub+zip 154118 2024-09-10T09:03:22.850641 application/epub+zip 636201 2024-09-10T09:03:32.194608 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599635 2024-09-10T09:03:27.760618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 249697 2022-09-11T07:06:05.919783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223412 223329 2024-09-10T09:03:21.500634 2023-09-10T12:07:36.931085 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 223256 2007-12-08T08:22:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 84196 2007-12-08T08:22:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 223248 2007-12-08T08:22:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 84180 2007-12-08T08:22:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20612 2024-09-10T09:03:32.344585 application/rdf+xml 13137 2024-09-10T09:03:23.223627 image/jpeg 3719 2024-09-10T09:03:23.031595 image/jpeg 558373 2024-09-10T09:03:22.235609 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