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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/10/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not at the listed coordinates.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a short story by Mark Twain, his first great success as a writer, bringing him national attention.

The cache is at  N 38 45.ABC  W 121 31.DEF

The stranger looks at the frog and responds that the frog doesn't look any different than the other frogs of Calaveras county, so he mustn't be the best. He tells Jim if he had a frog, he'd bet him $4A that the frog he had could beat Jim's.

Further popularity of the tale led Twain to use the story to anchor his own first book which appeared in 186B, with a first issue run of only 1,000 copies.

But in his Note To The Thirteenth Edition (1C07), among "hearty .. thanks for the help received", Prof. Sidgwick still failed to acknowledge his use of the Twain tale.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published in 186D.

Further popularity of the tale led Twain to use the story to anchor his own first book which appeared in 1867, with a first issue run of only 1,E00 copies.

The $F0,000 Bequest and Other Stories.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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