The Hoosiers

"The Hoosiers" by Meredith Nicholson is a recount of Indiana's historical journey through culture, society, and literature. Nicholson aims to re-evaluate the narrative around the state's identity. It follows Indiana's beginnings and explains how the state's roots and first people affected its intellectual growth. In this environment the population was able to create substantive literary and cultural works. The book chronicles the making of the state and its early population, which sets the stage for later talks about how education and cultural understanding grew in Indiana. Nicholson contends that Indiana's ascent must be acknowledged as a cooperative endeavor to improve the community's general education, not merely as a string of literary accomplishments.