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The Border Riflemen

The Border Riflemen by Albert W. Aiken is available here as the complete text, split into 446 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Albert W. Aiken13 chapters

The Border Riflemen by Albert W. Aiken. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66064.

13 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 13 chapters

Course Syllabus

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The Border Riflemen

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  1. Chapter I 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Minneoba’s Warning 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Black-Hawk Insulted 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Little Fox—na-She-Eschuck 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V The Price of Treachery 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI The First Blow 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Overboard 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Melton’s Scout—a Bush Fight 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The Defense of the Island 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X The Forest Fiend 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Black-Hawk Keeps His Word 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Sadie’s Sacrifice 31 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Guests Not Invited 102 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of The Border Riflemen by Albert W. Aiken carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66064, divided into 13 chapters and 446 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 The Border Riflemen is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #66064 and divided into 446 sections.

This page carries the whole of The Border Riflemen by Albert W. Aiken, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #66064, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2227 sentences across 13 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 The Border Riflemen divided for reading?

The Border Riflemen is presented in 13 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting The Border Riflemen as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 446 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 13 chapters.

Can I hear The Border Riflemen read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of The Border Riflemen can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of The Border Riflemen can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading The Border Riflemen

Common questions about reading The Border Riflemen by Albert W. Aiken on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Border Riflemen?

Yes. All 2227 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66064 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Border Riflemen is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #66064, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Border Riflemen take to read?

About 185 minutes of reading across 446 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Border Riflemen section by section

How to work through The Border Riflemen section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Border Riflemen

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Border Riflemen, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Border
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Border Riflemen; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Riflemen
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Border Riflemen; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Forest
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Border Riflemen; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Fiend
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Border Riflemen; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.