| The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Twain, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986154548 ISBN-13: 9781986154543 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.06" H x 6" W x 9" (0.12 lbs) 26 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." |