Love of the Wild
Love of the Wild by Archie P. McKishnie is available here as the complete text, split into 1126 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Love of the Wild by Archie P. McKishnie. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #49553.
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Love of the Wild
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Glow and Gloss
- Chapter III The Babes in the Wood
- Chapter IV Bushwackers’ Place
- Chapter V Comrades of the Hardwoods
- Chapter VI The Go-Between
- Chapter VII Where the Brook and River Meet
- Chapter VIII Through the Deep Wood
- Chapter IX And the Twilight
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI The Wild of the Wild
- Chapter XII Injun Noah
- Chapter XIII On the Creek Path
- Chapter XIV Paisley Reconnoiters
- Chapter XV War Tactics
- Chapter XVI Preparing for the Loggin’
- Chapter XVII The Loggin’-Bee
- Chapter XVIII Old Betsy
- Chapter XIX Of the Tribe of Broadcrook
- Chapter XX Mr. Smythe Visits the Colonel
- Chapter XXI Widow Ross Backslides
- Chapter XXII The Shot in the Dark
- Chapter XXIII In the Fire Circle
- Chapter XXIV The Night Attack
- Chapter XXV And the Day After
- Chapter XXVI In the Manacles of Winter
- Chapter XXVII While the Rain Fell
- Chapter XXVIII A Clear Trail
- Chapter XXIX Blue Skies and a Cloud
- Chapter XXX The Dawn of a New Day
- Chapter XXXI A Mating Time
This edition of Love of the Wild by Archie P. McKishnie carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #49553, divided into 31 chapters and 1126 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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Love of the Wild is presented in 31 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Love of the Wild as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1126 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 31 chapters.
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Questions about reading Love of the Wild
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Is this the complete text of Love of the Wild?
Yes. All 5629 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #49553 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Love of the Wild is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #49553, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Love of the Wild take to read?
About 469 minutes of reading across 1126 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Love of the Wild
Words and structures a reader meets early in Love of the Wild, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- October
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- Sunlight
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- Sifted
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- Through
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