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Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father.
Edward Eggleston
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Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 – September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist.*Biography*Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston 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 Methodist 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.His boyhood home at Vevay, known as the Edward and George Cary Eggleston House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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 National Historic Landmark in 1971.
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Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 – September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist.*Biography*Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. The author George Cary Eggleston 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 Methodist 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.His boyhood home at Vevay, known as the Edward and George Cary Eggleston House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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 National Historic Landmark in 1971.
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Eggleston was born in Vevay, Indiana, to Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. As a child, he was too ill to regularly attend school, so his education was primarily provided by his father.
Edward Eggleston was educated in country and village schools in Indiana, and at boarding school in Amelia Company, Virginia (honorary degrees Master of Arts, South.T.D., Doctor of Humane Letters).
Edward Eggleston entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1857, traveling circuit in Southeast Indiana, and later for 9 years in Minnesota. Associate editor Little Corporal, Chicago, 1866-1867. Chief editor National Sunday School Teacher, 1867-1870. He wa an editor Independent, New York, 1870-1872. Hearth and Home, New York, 1871-1872. Pastor Church of Christian Endeavor, Brooklyn, 1874-1879. Retired from ministry and devoted to literature. President American History Society Author: The Hoosier Schoolmaster, 1871.
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Quotations:
"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. "
"Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world . .. unless it had been a first-class circus. "
"I studied mind-cure, or metaphysical healing, which strikes at the root of disease; I went into hypnotism, mesmerism, and phreno-magnetism, and the od force-I don't suppose you know about the od which Reichenbach discovered. "
"Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine sympathy for childhood. When He said "Of such is the kingdom of heaven, " it was a revelation. "
"Journalism is organized gossip. "
Edward Eggleston was married to Frances East. Goode.