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Eight entertaining tales, including the celebrated classic "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," Twain's hilarious savaging of that author's style; as well as "Journalism in Tennessee," "About Barbers," "The Stolen White Elephant," "A Literary Nightmare,"

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Eight entertaining tales, including the celebrated classic "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," Twain's hilarious savaging of that author's style; as well as "Journalism in Tennessee," "About Barbers," "The Stolen White Elephant," "A Literary Nightmare," "How to Tell a Story," and more.

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Additional Contributors: Smith, Philip

Imprint: Mineola, N.Y. : - Dover Publications

Pages: 74

Edition: Dover ed

ISBN: 0486292797

Language: English

Notes: The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Journalism in Tennessee -- About barbers -- A literary nightmare -- The stolen white elephant -- A private history of the campaign that failed -- Fenimore Cooper's literary offences -- How to tell a story.
"Dover thrift editions."

Statement of responsibility: Mark Twain ; [edited by Philip Smith]

Characteristics: v, 74 p. :,maps ;,21 cm.

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