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Sailor Jack, the Trader

Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon is available here as the complete text, split into 799 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Harry Castlemon17 chapters

Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #54049.

17 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 17 chapters

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Sailor Jack, the Trader

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0 of 791 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Lambert’s Signal-Fire 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV The Phantom Bushwhackers 47 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Cotton Thieves 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The Man He Wanted to See 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Sailor Jack in Action 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Bad News from Marcy 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Rodney Is Astonished 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Mark Goodwin’s Plan 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Ben Makes a Failure 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Surprised and Captured 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Prison Pen 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV On Account of the Dead-Line 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Sailor Jack, the Trader 57 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Conclusion 79 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #54049, divided into 17 chapters and 799 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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How is Sailor Jack, the Trader divided for reading?

Sailor Jack, the Trader is presented in 17 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Sailor Jack, the Trader as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 799 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 17 chapters.

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Is this the complete text of Sailor Jack, the Trader?

Yes. All 3991 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #54049 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Sailor Jack, the Trader is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #54049, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Sailor Jack, the Trader take to read?

About 332 minutes of reading across 799 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Sailor Jack, the Trader section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Sailor Jack, the Trader

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