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the jumping off point for Mark Twain's career as a writer started with the publication of his article, "Jim Smiley and his notorious jumping frog" in the New york Saturday Press on Novermber 18, 1865. He got the story from when he tried his hand at being a miner. the inspiration came from sitting around and listening to the old miners tell outandish stories.

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