Desc: 88 Days in the Mother Lode: Mark Twain Finds His Voice: Directed by John C. Brown, Bert Simonis. With Drew Boudreau, James Caron, Vic Fischer, James Fletcher. 150 years ago, Samuel Clemens spent 88 days in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties in the winter of 1864/65. While taking refuge from the rain in Angels Camp, he was told the story of a jumping frog. That frog made him famous as Mark Twain.