This story is told by a resident of Angel's Camp, a man whom the narrator sought out on the advice of friend of his from the East.  
This story is told by a resident of Angel's Camp, a man whom the narrator sought out on the advice of friend of his from the East.  The title character is thwarted by a teaspoon full of quail shot, resulting in the loss of forty dollars.  Earlier we learn of the hound Andrew Jackson as related by Simon Wheeler.  However, it is another one of Jim Smiley's possessions on which this story is based - Daniel Webster, the title character.  FTP, name this Mark Twain tale about the purported athletic prowess of an amphibian.
This story is told by a resident of Angel's Camp, a man whom the narrator sought out on the advice of friend of his from the East.  
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"