One version of this work was published as "Clawed Back into a Civilized Language Once More by Patient, Unremunerated Toil," after its author translated a French version back to English word for word. One character in this story tells of a mare with asthma and a dog named Andrew Jackson. The narrator goes to Angel's Camp looking for information for an article about a Reverend Leonidas, but instead, Simon Wheeler tells him about how a stranger used quail shot to win forty dollars off of Jim Smiley. For 10 points, name this short story in which th
One version of this work was published as "Clawed Back into a Civilized Language Once More by Patient, Unremunerated Toil," after its author translated a French version back to English word for word. One character in this story tells of a mare with asthma and a dog named Andrew Jackson. The narrator goes to Angel's Camp looking for information for an article about a Reverend Leonidas, but instead, Simon Wheeler tells him about how a stranger used quail shot to win forty dollars off of Jim Smiley. For 10 points, name this short story in which the title creature named Daniel Webster loses a bet for its owner because it can't leap, a work by Mark Twain.
One version of this work was published as "Clawed Back into a Civilized Language
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” [or “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” or “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog”]