The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories (The World's Best Reading)

Mark Twain

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY, 1992

0895774151 / 9780895774156

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Leatherbound Hardcover 230 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Reader's Digest World's Best Reading Reprint edition 1992. Handsome brown boards with green leather 1/8 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted. Laid in four page brochure Originally published in 1865, "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" began Mark Twain's remarkable career, and immediately demonstrated his masterful storytelling and brilliant sense of humor. This delightful tale introduces Jim Smiley, a man who loved to gamble, whether on horse races, dogfights, catfights, or even how long it took bugs to cross the Mexican border. When a gullible stranger came to town, Smiley boasted that his pet frog, Dan'l Webster, could outjump any frog in the county. Smiley, figuring it would be easy money, eagerly made a bet with the stranger, who had a secret plan to stop Dan'l in his tracks. This wickedly funny collection also includes several of Twain's other great short stories, including "A True Story", "Extracts from Adam's Diary", and "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed." Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), called "the Great American Novel", and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876).Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," which proved to be very popular and brought him nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well-received. Twain had found his calling. 230 pp. …

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Titel
The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories (The World's Best Reading)
Autor
Mark Twain
Verlag
Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY
Erscheinungsjahr
1992
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
Leatherbound Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0895774151
ISBN-13
9780895774156
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Reprint.
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