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Credits


Starring:
Thomas F. Maguire as the voice of
Sam Clemens / Mark Twain


Cast:
Susan L. Chapman - Woman on the street
Jason Kell - Man on the street
Romy Evans - Woman on the street
Quinn Fowler - Man on sidewalk
Allie Foote - Woman companion
Anthony DePage - Smoking man
John "Hands" Adkison - Suicide scene
Matt Sweetland - Young Sam Clemens / Mark Twain
Ralph Krumins - Jim Gillis

Peter Leibold - Billy Gillis
Rob Gordon - Dick Stoker

Albert Simon - Ben Coon
Krista Joy Serpa - Nellie Daniels

Stefani Potter - Molly Daniels
Becky David - Mrs. Daniels
Edward Hightower - Artemus Ward
Drew Boudraeau - Man playing cards

Additional Voice Talent:
Michael Ludlum
Frank Silva
Albert Simon
Ben Howell
Anthony DePage
John Adkison

Scholars:
Michelle Y. Gordon - Assistant Professor of American Literature, University of Southern California

James E. Caron - Professor of English, University of Hawaii at Manoa 

Victor Fischer - Associate Editor, Mark Twain Papers, UC Berkeley Bancroft Library

Historians:
James Fletcher - Calaveras County Storyteller
Rob Gordon - Senior Researcher, Tuolumne County Historical Society

Special Thanks:

The Mark Twain Collection at the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library

The Sonora Area Foundation and the Irving J. Symons Foundation for Tuolumne County

Lisa Boulton and the Calaveras County Visitors Bureau

The Tuolumne County Historical Society Photo Archive

Samuel Clemens' Cigars provided by Stogie's Gold Country Lounge
Samuel Clemens' Pipes courtesy of the Missouri Meerschaum Company
Samuel Clemens' tobacco pouch custom made by Aria Leathercraft
Lodging in Tuolumne County provided by Richard A. Darrow

Filmed entirely on location in Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties, and Lake Tahoe, California; Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada.


We believe the best way to become familiar with Mark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is to hear it told, the way he wrote it. The best version we have found is by Michael Scott at ThoughtAudio and can be heard here.
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