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Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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Code: 978-0-910584-02-9
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Samuel L. Clemens

"Mark Twain" came to California in May of 1864, arriving in San Francisco and later that year living in Angel's Camp, where he mined for a time. It was in Angel's Camp that he heard the story of the Jumping Frog. He sent the story East, and it was first published Novenber 18, 1865, in the New York Saturday Press. Immediately popular, it was reprinted on December 16, 1865, in the Californian and was on its way to becoming the story of the year.

The story was reprinted by Twain in 1875 as "The Jumping Frog," and this book is a facsimile of the 1875 edition. The book contains all the original illustrations and in addition, a number of contemporary wood engravings showing daily life of miners in the region.

The book contains two versions of the story: a straightforward telling followed by a hilarious version that Twain says is a retranslation "clawed back from the French into a civilized language" of the story as it appeared in a French publication.

32 pages; illustrated
Paperback
Trim: 5.5" by 8.5"
Publication date: 1975

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