Edward Eggleston

A First Book in American History (eBook, ePUB)

"An Early Life of America"
Illustrator: Eggleston, Edward

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

IN preparing a first book of American history, it is necessary to keep in mind the two purposed such a work is required to serve.There are children whose school life is brief; these must get all the instruction they are to receive in their country's history from a book of the grade of this.To another class of pupils the first book of American history is a preparation for the intelligent study of a textbook more advanced. It is a manifest waste of time and energy to require these to learn in a lower class the facts that must be re-studied in a higher grade. Moreover, primary histories which follow the order of larger books are likely to prove dry and unsatisfactory condensations. But a beginner's book ought before all things else to be interesting. A fact received with the attention raised to its highest power remains fixed in the memory; that which is learned listlessly is lost easily, and a lifelong aversion to history is often the main result produced by the use of an unsuitable textbook at the outset.The main peculiarity of the present book is that it aims to teach children the history of the country by making them acquainted with some of the most illustrious actors in it. A child is interested, above all, in persons. Biography is for him the natural door into history. The order of events in a nation's life is somewhat above the reach of younger pupils, but the course of human life and the personal achievements of an individual are intelligible and delightful.In teaching younger pupils by means of biography, which is the very alphabet of history, we are following a sound principle often forgotten, that primary education should be pursued along the line of the least resistance.Moreover, nothing is more important to the young American than an acquaintance with the careers of the great men of his country.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cheapest Books
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786052259351
• Artikelnr.: 55962831

Autorenporträt

Edward Eggleston, (was born Dec. 10, 1837, Vevay, Ind., U.S.died Sept. 4, 1902, Lake George, N.Y.), clergyman, novelist, and historian who realistically portrayed various sections of the U.S. in such books as The Hoosier School-Master.By the age of 19, Eggleston had become an itinerant preacher, but circuit riding broke his health. He held various pastorates, serving from 1874 to 1879 in Brooklyn; he was an editor of the juvenile paper, Little Corporal (186667), the National Sunday School Teacher (186773), and other periodicals.In all of his work he sought to write with photographic exactness of the real West. The most popular of his books for adults was The Hoosier School-Master (1871), a vivid study of backwoods Indiana. His other novels include The End of the World (1872), The Mystery of Metropolisville (1873), The Circuit Rider: A Tale of the Heroic Age(1874), Roxy (1878), and The Graysons (1888). His later novels and childrens books are considered less significant. After a trip to Europe in 1879 he turned to the writing of history. His Beginners of a Nation(1896) and Transit of Civilization from England to America (1900) contributed to the growth of social history.