About the Author
Edward Eggleston (1837-1902) was an American novelist and historian. A pioneering regionalist and realist who is most closely identified with Indiana, his best-known novels include The Hoosier School-Master (1871), The End of the World (1872), and The Circuit Rider (1874). His most notable histories are Beginners of a Nation (1896) and Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900).
