The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Is He Living or Is He Dead? are 3 of the short stories of Mark Twain in

The short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from

This collection of Mark Twain stories has not been in print for many years. The 19 stories are a good representation of Twain's work and abilities. This rare vo

A much celebrated jumping frog, the lack of literature in a gold-mining town, and castaways who eat their own shoes to survive are among the subjects treated by