The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1986154548 ISBN 13: 9781986154543

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

"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."

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1986154548
• ISBN 13: 9781986154543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 26
• Editor: Benitez Paula