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Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale

Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper is available here as the complete text, split into 1594 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #8647.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #8647, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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