![]() Twain worked on two versions, but neither was satisfactory to him-neither got around to describing the jumping frog contest. Twain first wrote the title short story at the request of his friend Artemus Ward, for inclusion in an upcoming book. It was Twain's first book and collected 27 stories that were previously published in magazines and newspapers. 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. 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." 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 story has also been published as " Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and " The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". ![]() It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. ![]() " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. ![]() First edition (published by Charles Henry Webb) ![]()
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