Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 – September 3, 1902) was an American historian and

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Biography

Eggleston was born in

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, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author

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was his brother. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father. He was ordained as a

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minister in 1856. He wrote a number of tales, some of which, especially the "Hoosier" series, attracted much attention. Among these are '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'', ''The Hoosier Schoolboy'', ''The End of the World'', ''The Faith Doctor'', and ''Queer Stories for Boys and Girls''. He wrote many articles for the children's magazine '' The Little Corporal'', and in 1866 he worked as an editor for the periodical. In December 1866 he accepted a higher-paying editorial position at ''The Sunday School Teacher''. Eggleston was elected a member of the

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in 1893. His boyhood home at Vevay, known as the Edward and George Cary Eggleston House, was listed on the

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in 1973. His summer home, Owl's Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home. Eggleston died there in 1902, at the age of 64. Owl's Nest was declared a

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in 1971. His daughter, the writer,

Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (December 15, 1858 - November 11, 1923) was an American writer and biographer. Her story "The A.O.I.B.R.", which appeared in ''Harper's Bazaar'' in 1889 with an illustration of a child reading, is cited by the Rockwell ...

, was married to Elwyn Seelye, the founder of the

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Principal works

Novels * '' The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' (1871) * ''The End of the World'' (1872) * ''The Mystery of Metropolisville'' (1873) * ''The Circuit Rider'' (1874) * ''Roxy'' (1878) * ''The Graysons'' (1888) * ''The Faith Doctor'' (1891) * ''Duffels'' (short stories) (1893) Juvenile Two Juveniles by Edward Eggleston, 1888 advertisement

Two Juveniles by Edward Eggleston, 1888 advertisement

* ''Mr. Blake's Walking Stick'' (1870) * ''Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet'' (1878) * ''Pocahontus and Powhatan'' (1879) * ''Montezuma'' (1880) * ''The Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1883) * ''Queer Stories for Boys and Girls'' (1884) * ''Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans'' (1895) * ''Home History of the United States'' (1889) History * ''A History of the United States and Its People'' (1888) * ''The Beginners of a Nation'' (1896) * ''The Transit of Civilization From England to America'' (1901) * ''New Centennial History of the United States'' (1904) Religion * ''Christ in Art'' (1875)

Notes

References

* * "Eggleston, Edward." ''American Authors 1600–1900'' The H. W. Wilson Company, New York, 1938 *

External links

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