Edward Eggleston
Born: 1837 in Vevay, Indiana
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: In 1866, Eggleston moved to Evanston, Illinois, to become the associate editor of the Chicago based magazine. Biography: Edward Eggleston was born on December 10, 1837, in Vevay, Indiana. He married Lizzie Snider of St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1858, and they had three daughters, Lillie, Blanche, and Allegra. His family inspired him to write children's stories, several of which were published in the Little Corporal magazine. In 1866, he moved to Evanston, Illinois, to become the associate editor of the Chicago based magazine. One year later, he landed a position as editor of the National Sunday School Teacher. In 1870, Eggleston moved to New York, becoming literary and superintending editor of a well-known journal called the Independent. His summer home, Owl's Nest, in Lake George, New York, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
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Children's literature : ISBN: 0631210482 OCLC: 44128438 This anthology of nineteenth-century English-language children's literature from Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and Canada, bringing together over 120 works, including poems, stories and extracts from novels. All texts are introduced with contextualizing headnotes and are organized chronologically; they can also be referenced by theme, genre, author and country. |
| Circuit rider : ISBN: 1313035947 OCLC: 926719158 Hardpress Ltd, [Place of publication not identified] : 2013. |
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DUFFELS. ISBN: 3743302950 OCLC: 1007045038 HANSEBOOKS, [Place of publication not identified], 2016. |
| End of the world, the: a love story. ISBN: 1281872644 OCLC: 671746723 BiblioLife, 2006. |
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| FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY : ISBN: 1330898419 OCLC: 978647334 FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2015. |
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| First book in american history. ISBN: 1175920010 OCLC: 945210507 Nabu Press, [Place of publication not identified] : 2010. |
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| Hoosier schoolboy ISBN: 9786315063756 OCLC: 880829048 The class troublemaker has problems at home with his alcoholic father and more problems defending him at school. |
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| Household history of the united states and its people, for young americans. ISBN: 1290108447 OCLC: 940480472 Hardpress Publishing, [Place of publication not identified] : 2012. |
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| Montezuma and the conquest of Mexico ISBN: 9781437135121 OCLC: 437258810 Kessinger, [Whitefish, Mont.] : [2008] |
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| Mr. blake's walking stick : ISBN: 1177323001 OCLC: 944468857 Nabu Press, [Place of publication not identified] : 2010. |
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| Mystery of metropolisville, the. ISBN: 1281849200 OCLC: 671746768 BiblioLife, 2006. |
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Queer Stories for Boys and Girls ISBN: 1421839490 OCLC: 154700774 Book Jungle 2007 |
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Queer Stories for Boys and Girls ISBN: 9783847228530 OCLC: 920917312 tredition Hamburg 2012 |
| Roxy ISBN: 9781411444638 OCLC: 828934539 Barnes & Noble Digital Library, New York, NY : 2011. Published in 1878, Roxy was one of Eggleston's best selling novels. Its heroine, Roxy Adams, is a religious woman whose faith is sorely tested when her husband embarks on an affair that results in an illegitimate child. It is an example of pure American fiction; in a contemporary review, the New York Post wrote, Roxy' is the best product of Dr. Eggleston's activity in the field of fiction. |
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| Schoolmaster's stories, for boys and girls. ISBN: 1290411662 OCLC: 940793328 Hardpress Publishing, [Place of publication not identified] : 2012. |
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| Tecumseh and the Shawnee Prophet ISBN: 9781411444645 OCLC: 828935314 Barnes & Noble Digital Library, New York, NY : 2011. This juvenile history, published in 1878, and cowritten by Eggleston's daughter, Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye, is a dramatic rendition of the life of the Shawnee leader Tecumseh (1768-1813) and his brother Tenskwatawa (1775-1836), known as the Shawnee Prophet. |
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| The faith doctor : ISBN: 9781411444669 OCLC: 828935414 Barnes & Noble, New York : 2011. Published in 1891, this was Eggleston's final novel, before he turned his hand exclusively to history. Here Eggleston satirizes the wealthy followers of Christian Science and faith healing. The book was not written to depreciate anyone's valued delusions, he writes in his Preface, but to make a study of human nature under certain modern conditions. |
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| The Graysons : ISBN: 9781411444966 OCLC: 828935826 Barnes & Noble Digital Library, New York : ©2011. Published in 1881, this historical romance set in frontier Illinois features a young Abraham Lincoln as a character and is based on the future president's successful defense of an accused murderer. |
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| The Hoosier schoolmaster : ISBN: 9781440076336 OCLC: 815457119 Forgotten Books, [Lexington, KY] : ©2012. |
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| UNITED STATES : ISBN: 144007836X OCLC: 980429940 FORGOTTEN Books, [Place of publication not identified], 2016. |