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Rod of the Lone Patrol

Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody is available here as the complete text, split into 1055 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Rod of the Lone Patrol by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #17227.

30 chaptersComplete chronicle

Five linesIn each reading

US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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