An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog

Twain, Mark. "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog." New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865, 248-249.
Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

Looking for information about a Rev. Smiley, the narrator instead gets a series of stories from a local about Jim Smiley. These include his jumping frog that gets weighed down before the competition, and an odd horse he used for racing.