Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack by Frank Benton is available here as the complete text, split into 212 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack Being an Extremely Humorous & Sarcastic Story of the Trials & Tribulations Endured by a Party of Stockmen Making a Shipment from the West to the East. by Frank Benton. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #39777.
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Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
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This edition of Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack by Frank Benton carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #39777, divided into 24 chapters and 212 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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Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack is presented in 24 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 212 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 24 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack?
Yes. All 1059 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #39777 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #39777, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack take to read?
About 88 minutes of reading across 212 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Being
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- Extremely
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- Humorous
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- Sarcastic
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