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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County Study Guide

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by Mark Twain
About 39 pages (11,697 words)
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Cuff, Roger P "Mark Twain's Use of California Folklore in His Jumping Frog Story," Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 65, April, 1952, pp. 155-9.

Cuff traces Twain's use of the folklore of the California Gold Rush in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Lewis, Oscar. The Origin of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Book Club of California, 1931,27 p.

Lewis outlines the history of this story, "from its origins.....

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