SOURCE: "An American Image," in Mark Twain and Southwestern Humor, Little, Brown and Company, 1959, pp. 140-73.
In the following excerpt, Lynn argues that in Twain's telling of the jumping frog story, the author stands the tradition of the conventional Southwestern folktale on its head. Lynn then goes on to discuss Twain's narrative technique and use of political humor.
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