The Circuit Rider:A Tale Of The Heroic Age,By Edward Eggleston A NOVEL: illustrated (Original Version) - Couverture souple

Eggleston, Edward

 
9781537170114: The Circuit Rider:A Tale Of The Heroic Age,By Edward Eggleston A NOVEL: illustrated (Original Version)
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ISBN 10 : 1537170112 ISBN 13 : 9781537170114
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Based on the author's own life as well as the life of Ohio itinerant preacher Jacob Young, this 1874 novel of a frontier Methodist minister and Bible agent presents a rollicking yet realistic view of early American life in the Midwest..... 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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Présentation de l'éditeur

Based on the author's own life as well as the life of Ohio itinerant preacher Jacob Young, this 1874 novel of a frontier Methodist minister and Bible agent presents a rollicking yet realistic view of early American life in the Midwest..... 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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Éditeur
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1537170112
ISBN 13 
9781537170114
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
142
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781330605035: The Circuit Rider (Classic Reprint): A Tale of the Heroic Age

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1330605039 ISBN 13 :  9781330605035
Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018
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