Little Hickory
Little Hickory by George Waldo Browne is available here as the complete text, split into 527 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Little Hickory by George Waldo Browne. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #68532.
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Little Hickory
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Boy to the Rescue
- Chapter III An Astounding Proposition
- Chapter IV A Bold Stand
- Chapter V Surprise upon Surprise
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII The Deacon’s Story
- Chapter VIII A Prince in Rags
- Chapter IX A Startling Surprise
- Chapter X ’Squire Hardy Outwitted
- Chapter XI The Newcomers
- Chapter XII Little Hickory Aroused
- Chapter XIII An Unexpected Champion
- Chapter XIV A Written Notice
- Chapter XV Defying a Tiger
- Chapter XVI A Tussle with a Tiger
- Chapter XVII A Friendly Call
- Chapter XVIII The Rebellion at Dawn
- Chapter XIX A Fight to the Finish
- Chapter XX A Shower of Bullets
- Chapter XXI A Startling Predicament
- Chapter XXII A Fourth of July “Oration.”
- Chapter XXIII “Stop! That’s My Oration!”
- Chapter XXIV “Hide Me Somewhere!”
- Chapter XXV Trials and Triumphs
- Chapter XXVI From Bad to Worse
- Chapter XXVII “It Never Rains but It Pours.”
- Chapter XXVIII The Skeleton in the Cellar
- Chapter XXIX “I Am Gideon Bayne.”
- Chapter XXX The Triumph of Right
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Is this the complete text of Little Hickory?
Yes. All 2631 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #68532 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #68532, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Little Hickory take to read?
About 219 minutes of reading across 527 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Little Hickory
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- Eenamost
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- Though
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- Plenty
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- Folks
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