Posts tagged humorist

February 5, 2007

Edward Eggleston: The Hoosier Schoolmaster

The eldest son of a prominent Virginian, Edward Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana on the Ohio River in 1837. Eggleston’s novel The Hoosier Schoolmaster is recognized as a flagship of the regionalist literature that flourished in the United States after the Civil War.

Frank McKinney Hubbard

Frank McKinney Hubbard accompanied the 1904 presidential campaign on a train journey through the backwoods of Indiana. Hubbard created Abe Martin, a character who would become his spokesman.