Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

First published in 1865, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was Mark Twain''s first real literary success and arguably launched his career as a writer. The story revolves around a tale the narrator once heard about a gambler named Jim Smiley who would bet on absolutely anything. An amusing tale of mistaken identity and a frog called Daniel Webster, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Ca...