A Parody Outline of History Wherein May Be
A Parody Outline of History Wherein May Be by Donald Ogden Stewart is available here as the complete public-domain text, split into 242 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A Parody Outline of History Wherein May Be Found a Curiously Irreverent Treatment of American Historical Events, Imagining Them as They Would Be Narrated by America's Most Characteristic Contemporary Authors by Donald Ogden Stewart. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #1478.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #1478, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 100 minutes of reading across 242 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Wherein
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- Found
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- Curiously
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- Irreverent
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