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Dick Hamilton's Touring Car

Dick Hamilton's Touring Car by Howard Roger Garis is available here as the complete text, split into 880 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Howard Roger Garis34 chapters

Dick Hamilton's Touring Car by Howard Roger Garis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53406.

34 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 34 chapters

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Dick Hamilton's Touring Car

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  1. Chapter I 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 19 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car?

Yes. All 4397 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53406 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #53406, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Dick Hamilton's Touring Car take to read?

About 366 minutes of reading across 880 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Dick Hamilton's Touring Car

Words and structures a reader meets early in Dick Hamilton's Touring Car, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Dick Hamilton's Touring Car; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hamilton's
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Fortune
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Steam
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