SOURCE: Introduction to "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," in The American West, No. 4, Fall, 1965, pp. 73-6.
In the following essay, Taylor contends that the significance of Twain's jumping frog story lies in the manner in which Twain elevates a humorous regional tale into a fable that provides insight into universal traits of human nature.
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