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First Fam'lies of the Sierras

First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Joaquin Miller is available here as the complete text, split into 568 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Joaquin Miller. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #33220.

32 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 32 chapters

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First Fam'lies of the Sierras

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  1. Chapter I 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 6 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 9 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 24 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #33220, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Fam'lies
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Sierras
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