A Book of American Explorers
A Book of American Explorers by Thomas Wentworth Higginson is available here as the complete text, split into 516 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #56346, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 214 minutes of reading across 516 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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