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American boys afloat

American boys afloat by Oliver Optic is available here as the complete text, split into 791 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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American boys afloat by Oliver Optic. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #75149.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 38 chapters

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American boys afloat

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  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter

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