Eggleston << EHG uhl stuhn >>, Edward (1837-1902), wrote The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1871), a fresh, delightful story of early Indiana. The book is important because it was one of the first attempts to write a story about American regional life in the West. The End of the World (1872) deals with the Millerites, a religious group that expected Christ’s second coming in 1843. The Graysons (1887) shows Abraham Lincoln as a young lawyer.
Eggleston was born on Dec. 10, 1837, in Vevay, Indiana. Besides being a writer, he was also a Methodist circuit rider and a historian. He died on Sept. 4, 1902.
