It was from his experience on the Mississippi that Samuel Clemens took his nom de plume Mark Twain, the call used by riverboat pilots when taking soundings of the river. The nom de plume was... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I just downloaded the book to my Kindle, and the Celebrated Jumping Frog story is there. It is a little hard to navigate to, but if you go to the contents of the short stories, click on the Celebrated Jumping Frog, and then hit previous page you will be at the title. All in all this is a great buy.
Wonderful Collection
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is a wonderful book, all the classic stories in a beautiful leather book. Explore the world with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, enjoy the short stories that Mark Twain wrote, by yourself or share them with your children. I know that I will enjoy it for many generations to come.
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