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Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise

Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise by Prentiss Ingraham is available here as the complete text, split into 694 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Prentiss Ingraham40 chapters

Buffalo Bill's big surprise by Prentiss Ingraham. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64262.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise

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0 of 677 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL 12 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Which edition of Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #64262, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise take to read?

About 288 minutes of reading across 694 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Buffalo Bill's Big Surprise

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Author
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Celebrated
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Buffalo
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Stories
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