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Snagged and Sunk

Snagged and Sunk by Harry Castlemon is available here as the complete text, split into 824 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Harry Castlemon18 chapters

Snagged and Sunk by Harry Castlemon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55843.

18 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 18 chapters

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Snagged and Sunk

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  1. Chapter I In Which I Begin My Story 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Captured Again 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III In the Watchman’s Cabin 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Night Adventure 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Jake Coyle’s Silver Mine 45 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Jake Works His Mine 46 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Among Friends Again 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Joe Wayring in Trouble 44 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Tom Visits the Hatchery 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X More Trouble for Tom Bigden 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Sam on the Trail 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII About Various Things 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Joe Wayring’s Pluck 56 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Guide “Surrounds” Matt‘s Camp 48 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV On the Right Track at Last 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI At the Bottom of the River 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII The Expert Columbia 33 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Conclusion 88 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of Snagged and Sunk?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #55843, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Snagged and Sunk take to read?

About 343 minutes of reading across 824 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Snagged and Sunk

Words and structures a reader meets early in Snagged and Sunk, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Beneath
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Snagged and Sunk; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hemlock
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Snagged and Sunk; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Where
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Shrub
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