The Hoosier School-Master, regional novel by Edward Eggleston, first serialized in Hearth and Home in 1871 and published in book form the same year.
The novel is primarily of interest for its naturalism, its setting in rural Indiana, and its extensive use of Hoosier dialect. The novel is based partially on the experiences of the author’s brother and relates episodes in the lives of inhabitants of a backwoods Indiana town as well as the experiences of the young man who is hired to be the only teacher in the town’s school.