Airship Andy
Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster is available here as the complete text, split into 609 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #36388.
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Airship Andy
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Breaking Away
- Chapter III Runaway and Rover
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Tramping It
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII John Parks, Airship King
- Chapter VIII The Aero Field
- Chapter IX The Airship Inventor
- Chapter X Learning to Fly
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII Jiu-Jitsu
- Chapter XIV The Old Leather Pocketbook
- Chapter XV Behind the Bars
- Chapter XVI Bail Wanted
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII Out on Bail
- Chapter XIX A Disappointment
- Chapter XX A New Captivity
- Chapter XXI A Friend in Need
- Chapter XXII “Go!”
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV A Hopeful Clew
- Chapter XXV Good-by to Airship Andy
This edition of Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #36388, divided into 25 chapters and 609 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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Airship Andy is presented in 25 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Airship Andy as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 609 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 25 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Airship Andy?
Yes. All 3042 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #36388 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Airship Andy is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #36388, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Airship Andy take to read?
About 253 minutes of reading across 609 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Airship Andy
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- Brave
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- Author
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- Castaway
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- Comrades
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