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Dick Merriwell's Backers

Dick Merriwell's Backers by Burt L. Standish is available here as the complete text, split into 1411 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Burt L. Standish40 chapters

Dick Merriwell's Backers by Burt L. Standish. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #62930.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle
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Academic course · 40 chapters

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Dick Merriwell's Backers

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  1. Chapter I 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III A Hearty Welcome 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Behind the Palms 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Hush Money 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Arlington Takes a Hand 53 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Caught with the Goods 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Returning the Money 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Jealousy 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Abandoned Captive 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII An Evil Band 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Tucker Gets Warmed 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Next Morning 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Pair of Rascals 81 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX What Happened to Brad 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX From the Bar Z Ranch 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Dick Accepts a Challenge 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Freshman Pitcher 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII The Great Rebellion 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Red Stain 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Unseen Shadow 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI An Apparition 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Pangs of Conscience 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII The Escape 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX Silver Bullets 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI Bad News 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII Lynch Confesses 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII Mike Puts It on Paper 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV Turning a New Leaf 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV Was He Sincere? 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII The Holdup 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII Routing the Ruffians 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  39. Chapter XXXIX 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  40. Chapter XL A Beautiful Bingle 55 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #62930, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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