| The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County. By: Mark Twain Contributor(s): Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1542870011 ISBN-13: 9781542870016 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.97 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 8.5" W x 11" (1.10 lbs) 210 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 8604 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley. The narrator describes him: "If he even seen a straddle bug start to go anywheres, he would bet you how long it would take him to get to wherever he going to, and if you took him up, he would foller that straddle bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road." The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches is also the title story of an 1867 collection of short stories by Mark Twain. It was Twain's first book and collected 27 stories that were previously published in magazines and newspapers |