Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder
Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder by Irving Crump is available here as the complete text, split into 543 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder by Irving Crump. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #61595.
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Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder
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- Chapter I Jack Receives a Telegram
- Chapter II “Hood Island--Ho!”
- Chapter III The Runaway
- Chapter IV Big O’brien Gets His Biceps into Action
- Chapter V Men of Honor
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII Under Arrest
- Chapter VIII Lobster Pirates
- Chapter IX The Raid
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI Ray’s Find
- Chapter XII The Reef’s Toll
- Chapter XIII The New Full-Back
This edition of Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder by Irving Crump carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #61595, divided into 13 chapters and 543 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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Yes. All 2713 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #61595 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #61595, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 226 minutes of reading across 543 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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- Straw
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- Walking
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