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The Airship Boys in the Great War

The Airship Boys in the Great War by De Lysle F. (De Lysle Ferrée) Cass is available here as the complete text, split into 504 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

De Lysle F. (De Lysle Ferrée) Cass31 chapters

The Airship Boys in the Great War by De Lysle F. (De Lysle Ferrée) Cass. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #64184.

31 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 31 chapters

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The Airship Boys in the Great War

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  1. Chapter I What the Newspaper Told 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II In the Offices of the New York Herald 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Someone Tries to Buy the “Flyer” 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Getting the “Ocean Flyer” Ready 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Buck Stewart--and a Warning 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Escaping from Deadly Shadows 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII What Happened to Ned 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Six Miles Up in the Air 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Paris Proves Unfriendly 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X An Adventure in the Ardennes 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI The Fight in the Forest 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Buck Takes His Life in His Hands 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII “To Be Shot at Sunrise!” 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Rescue 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV In Deadly Peril 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Ned Saves the “Flyer’s” Crew 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Bob Russell’s Story 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII How Bob Was Captured as a Spy 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX A Strange Country 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX A Fight with Wild Cossacks in Poland 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Inside of Besieged Przemysl 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII The Boys Perform an Act of Mercy 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Strange Sights in Vienna 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV On the Trail of the Conspirators 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV The Boys Get Worried Over Ned 26 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI An Attempt to Assassinate the Emperor 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII The Man in the Cloak Surprises Everybody 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Surrounded by German Zeppelins 10 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX The Battle Above the Clouds 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX The Most Terrible Accident of All 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI The End of the Ocean Flyer 16 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Project Gutenberg eBook #64184, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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