<P> `` The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County '' is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain . It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention . The story has also been published as `` Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog '' ( its original title ) and `` The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County '' . In it , the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender , Simon Wheeler , at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp , California , about the gambler Jim Smiley . The narrator describes him : `` If he even seen a straddle bug start to go anywheres , he would bet you how long it would take him to get to wherever he going to , and if you took him up , he would foller that straddle bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road . '' </P>
<P> `` The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County '' is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain . It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention . The story has also been published as `` Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog '' ( its original title ) and `` The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County '' . In it , the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender , Simon Wheeler , at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp , California , about the gambler Jim Smiley . The narrator describes him : `` If he even seen a straddle bug start to go anywheres , he would bet you how long it would take him to get to wherever he going to , and if you took him up , he would foller that straddle bug to Mexico but what he would find out where he was bound for and how long he was on the road . '' </P>
where is the jumping frog of calavera 's county set
where is the jumping frog of calavera 's county set
Angels Hotel in Angels Camp , California
Angels Hotel in Angels Camp , California