Good Indian
Good Indian by B. M. Bower is available here as the complete text, split into 994 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Good Indian by B. M. Bower. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #938.
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Good Indian
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- Chapter I Peaceful Hart Ranch
- Chapter II Good Indian
- Chapter III Old Wives Tales
- Chapter IV The Christmas Angel
- Chapter V “I Don't Care Much About Girls”
- Chapter VI The Christmas Angel Plays Ghost
- Chapter VII Miss Georgie Howard, Operator
- Chapter VIII The Amiable Angler
- Chapter IX Peppajee Jim “Heap Sabes”
- Chapter X Midnight Prowlers
- Chapter XI “You Can't Play with Me”
- Chapter XII “Them Damn Snake”
- Chapter XIII Cloud-Sign Versus Cupid
- Chapter XIV The Claim-Jumpers
- Chapter XV Squaw-Talk-Far-Off Heap Smart
- Chapter XVI “Don't Get Excited!”
- Chapter XVII A Little Target-Practice
- Chapter XVIII A Shot from the Rim-Rock
- Chapter XIX Evadna Goes Calling
- Chapter XX Miss Georgie Also Makes a Call
- Chapter XXI Somebody Shot Saunders
- Chapter XXII A Bit of Paper
- Chapter XXIII The Malice of a Squaw
- Chapter XXIV Peaceful Returns
- Chapter XXV “I'd Just as Soon Hang for Nine Men as for One”
- Chapter XXVI “When the Sun Goes Away”
- Chapter XXVII Life Adjusts Itself Again to Some Things
This edition of Good Indian by B. M. Bower carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #938, divided into 27 chapters and 994 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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Is this the complete text of Good Indian?
Yes. All 4967 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #938 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #938, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Good Indian take to read?
About 413 minutes of reading across 994 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Good Indian
Words and structures a reader meets early in Good Indian, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Somewhere
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- Seventies
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- Peaceful
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- Realization
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