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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Hoosier School-boy](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnpb954nx8m0zwn5hfq4yap/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260917%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260917T144433Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=ef478730763c4797579c5271b0a1ae7e8cfe1a37c0a25779913920962e7ef3b2) ## About this work The Hoosier School-boy by Edward Eggleston — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside “NOT THERE, NOT THERE, MY CHILD!” THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY BY EDWARD EGGLESTON NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1919 Copyright, 1883, By CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Copyright, 1910, By FRANCES G. EGGLESTON CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I The New Scholar 3 II King Milkmaid 15 III Answering Back 23 IV Little Christopher Columbus 34 V Whiling Away Time 43 VI A Battle 48 VII Hat-Ball and Bull-Pen 58 VIII The Defender 70 IX Pigeon Pot-Pie 80 X Jack and His Mother 97 XI Columbus and His Friends 102 XII Greenbank Wakes Up 113 XIII Professor Susan 119 XIV Crowing After Victory 127 XV An Attempt to Collect 137 XVI An Exploring Expedition 148 XVII Housekeeping Experiences 154 XVIII Ghosts 166 XIX The Return Home 177 XX A Foot-Race For Money 189 XXI The New Teacher 203 XXII Chasing the Fox 210 XXIII Called to Account 222 XXIV An Apology 229 XXV King’s Base and a Spelling-Lesson 238 XXVI Unclaimed Top-Strings 243 XXVII The Last Day of School, and the Last Chapter of the Story 252 ILLUSTRATIONS “Not There, Not There, My Child!”Frontispiece FACING PAGE Jack Amusing the Small Boys with Stories of Hunting, Fishing, and Frontier Adventure.44 “Cousin Sukey,” Said Little Columbus, “I Want to Ask a Favor of You.”120 Bob Holliday Carries Home His Friend.258 THE HOOSIER SCHOOL-BOY CHAPTER I THE NEW SCHOLAR While the larger boys in the village school of Greenbank were having a game of “three old cat” before school-time, there appeared on the playground a strange boy, carrying two books, a slate, and an atlas under his arm. He was evidently from the country, for he wore a suit of brown jeans, or woollen homespun, made up in the natural color of the “black” sheep, as we call it. He shyly sidled up to the school-house door, and… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-hoosier-school-boy) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fthe-hoosier-school-boy) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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