The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is the Mark Twain short story that made America's premier humorist famous. This is the original story—some sentence structures and obsolete vocabulary have been updated. Twain's misspellings have been kept as they are integral to his colorful language. Modern readers will better understand, enjoy, and appreciate the humorous story of a man who can’t stop telling stories and a man who can’t stop gambling. End notes, interpretation, and discussion of major themes follow the text. Accelerated Reader AR Quiz No. 8604 EN Fiction IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 0.5. For other classic short stories in easy to understand updated English search for “Simplified for Modern Readers Series.”