The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other sketches
Title:
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County, and other sketches
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Mark Twain ; foreword, Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; introduction, Roy Blount, Jr. ; afterword, Richard Bucci.
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Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Physical Description:
xliv, 198, 33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780195114003
9780195101317
9780195090888
9780195113457
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Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Also issued online.
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.