Bibliograph

The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other sketches, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Roy Blount, Jr. ; afterword, Richard Bucci

Type

Label

The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other sketches, Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Roy Blount, Jr. ; afterword, Richard Bucci

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other sketches

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

34513435

Responsibility statement

Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Roy Blount, Jr. ; afterword, Richard Bucci

Series statement

The Oxford Mark Twain

Table Of Contents

Celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- A complaint about correspondents -- Answers to correspondents -- Among the Fenians -- Story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief -- Curing a cold -- Inquiry about insurances -- Literature in the dry diggings -- "After" Jenkins -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- Killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- Item which the editor himself could not understand -- Among the spirits -- Brief biographical sketch of George Washington -- Touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- Page from a Californian almanac -- Information for the million -- Launch of the steamer Capital -- Origin of illustrious men -- Advice for good little girls -- Concerning chambermaids -- Remarkable instances of presence of mind -- Honoured as a curiosity in Honolulu -- Steed "Oahu" -- Strange dream -- Short and singular rations -- Cannibalism in the cars

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