The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

by Mark Twain Narrated by Michael Scott

Overview

Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published in the November 18,1865, edition of The New York Saturday Press, under the title "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." The story is set in a gold-mining camp in Calaveras County, California, and has its origins in the folklore of the Gold Rush era. It was one of Twain's earliest writings, and helped establish his reputation as a humorist. He eventually included it as the title story in his first collection of tales.

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"...Twain is the headwater of American fiction."--Ernest Hemingway

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169589689
Publisher:	AB Books
Publication date:	08/20/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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