# The Hoosier Schoolmaster — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates this edition to the memory of James Russell Lowell, acknowledging Lowell's encouragement of his early studies of American dialect.
- [The Hoosier Schoolmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/the-hoosier-schoolmaster.md): This opening chapter introduces Ralph Hartsook, a young schoolmaster from Lewisburg, as he arrives in the backwoods settlement of Flat Creek to take up his first teaching position. He is met by Jack Means, who escorts hi
- [I: A Private Lesson from a Bulldog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/i-a-private-lesson-from-a-bulldog.md): Ralph Hartsook, a young man from Lewisburg, arrives in Flat Creek to take up a position as the winter schoolmaster. He is immediately met with discouragement from 'old Jack Means,' a trustee, who warns him that the previ
- [A Spell Coming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/ii-a-spell-coming.md): Ralph Hartsook establishes his authority at Flat Creek school by making Bill Means put out the dog, earning respect from the students. However, the community, particularly Pete Jones, doubts his methods because he does n
- [III: Mirandy, Hank, and Shocky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/iii-mirandy-hank-and-shocky.md): Ralph Hartsook, the new schoolmaster, finds himself the object of Mirandy Means's unwanted affection, which she expresses through ogling and simpering. Mrs. Means hints at a match between Ralph and Mirandy, extolling the

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- [IV: Spelling Down the Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/iv-spelling-down-the-master.md)
- [V: The Walk Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/v-the-walk-home.md)
- [VII: Ominous Remarks of Mr. Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/vii-ominous-remarks-of-mr-jones.md)
- [VIII: The Struggle in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/viii-the-struggle-in-the-dark.md)
- [IX: Has God Forgotten Shocky?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/ix-has-god-forgotten-shocky.md)
- [X: The Devil of Silence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/x-the-devil-of-silence.md)
- [XI: Miss Martha Hawkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xi-miss-martha-hawkins.md)
- [The Hardshell Preacher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xii-the-hardshell-preacher.md)
- [A Struggle for the Mastery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xiii-a-struggle-for-the-mastery.md)
- [A Crisis with Bud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xiv-a-crisis-with-bud.md)
- [XV: The Church of the Best Licks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xv-the-church-of-the-best-licks.md)
- [XVI: The Church Militant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xvi-the-church-militant.md)
- [A Council of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xvii-a-council-of-war.md)
- [Odds and Ends](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xviii-odds-and-ends.md)
- [XIX: Face to Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xix-face-to-face.md)
- [XX: God Remembers Shocky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xx-god-remembers-shocky.md)
- [XXI: Miss Nancy Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxi-miss-nancy-sawyer.md)
- [Pancakes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxii-pancakes.md)
- [A Charitable Institution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxiii-a-charitable-institution.md)
- [XXIV: The Good Samaritan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxiv-the-good-samaritan.md)
- [Bud Wooing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxv-bud-wooing.md)
- [A Letter and Its Consequences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxvi-a-letter-and-its-consequences.md)
- [A Loss and a Gain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxvii-a-loss-and-a-gain.md)
- [The Flight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxviii-the-flight.md)
- [The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxix-the-trial.md)
- [XXX: “Brother Sodom”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxx-brother-sodom.md)
- [XXXI: The Trial Concluded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxxi-the-trial-concluded.md)
- [XXXII: After the Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxxii-after-the-battle.md)
- [Into the Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxxiii-into-the-light.md)
- [How It Came Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/xxxiv-how-it-came-out.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hoosier_schoolmaster_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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