The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County. By: Mark Twain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542870016)

"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

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1542870011
ISBN-13: 9781542870016
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.44d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8604 / Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County