Modern Americans
Modern Americans by Chester Milton Sanford is available here as the complete text, split into 495 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Chester Milton Sanford. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #30287.
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This edition of Modern Americans by Chester Milton Sanford carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #30287, divided into 6 chapters and 495 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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The complete text of Modern Americans is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #30287 and divided into 495 sections.
This page carries the whole of Modern Americans by Chester Milton Sanford, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #30287, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2471 sentences across 6 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Modern Americans divided for reading?
Modern Americans is presented in 6 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Modern Americans as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 495 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 6 chapters.
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Is this the complete text of Modern Americans?
Yes. All 2471 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30287 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Modern Americans is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #30287, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Modern Americans take to read?
About 205 minutes of reading across 495 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Modern Americans
Words and structures a reader meets early in Modern Americans, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Biographical
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Modern Americans; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- School
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- Reader
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Modern Americans; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Upper
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Modern Americans; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.