Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden is available here as the complete text, split into 660 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #19910.
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Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
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This edition of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #19910, divided into 8 chapters and 660 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
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The complete text of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #19910 and divided into 660 sections.
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How is Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers divided for reading?
Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers is presented in 8 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 660 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 8 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
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Every sentence of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
Common questions about reading Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers?
Yes. All 3300 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #19910 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #19910, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers take to read?
About 275 minutes of reading across 660 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers section by section
How to work through Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Vocabulary met early in Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
Words and structures a reader meets early in Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- World
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Publishing
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- Cleveland
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Syndicate
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.