Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

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

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

For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American wr

Reading level: 3 [orange].