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Don Gordon's Shooting-Box

Don Gordon's Shooting-Box by Harry Castlemon is available here as the complete text, split into 648 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Harry Castlemon17 chapters

Don Gordon's Shooting-Box by Harry Castlemon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #53479.

17 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 17 chapters

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Don Gordon's Shooting-Box

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  1. Chapter I 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Don and Bert at School 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Hazing a “Plebe.” 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The New York Boot-Black 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Don and Bert Have Visitors 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Cony Ryan’s Pancakes 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Running the Guard 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Don’s Yankee Invention 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Breaking Up the “Set.” 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Students in Camp 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 38 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Don Gordon’s Shooting-Box 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Lester Brigham Makes New Friends 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Conclusion 49 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Don Gordon's Shooting-Box by Harry Castlemon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #53479, divided into 17 chapters and 648 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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Don Gordon's Shooting-Box is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Don Gordon's Shooting-Box as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 648 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 17 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Don Gordon's Shooting-Box?

Yes. All 3236 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #53479 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #53479, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Don Gordon's Shooting-Box take to read?

About 269 minutes of reading across 648 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Don Gordon's Shooting-Box

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Military
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Academy
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Disgusted
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Unusual
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