Title: Short Stories and Tall Tales
Description: The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County --
A visit to Niagara --
Journalism in Tennessee --
A mysterious visit --
The undertaker's chat --
The danger of lying in bed --
A true story repeated word for word as I heard it --
An encounter with an interviewer --
About barbers --
The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut --
The journals of Germany --
Playing courier --
On the decay of the art of lying --
The stolen white elephant --
The £1,000,000 bank-note --
Extracts from Adam's diary --
Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses --
How to tell a story --
The man that corrupted Hadelburg --
The $30,000 bequest --
Eve's diary --
Essay / Charles Neider --
Essay / Alfred Kazin.
Subjects: American Humorous stories, Tall tales, FICTION, General, Children's fiction, Short stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Récits humoristiques américains, Histoires invraisemblables
Places: United States