The Boy Patrol on Guard
The Boy Patrol on Guard by Edward Sylvester Ellis is available here as the complete text, split into 546 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Boy Patrol on Guard by Edward Sylvester Ellis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43079.
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The Boy Patrol on Guard
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Lost In the Woods
- Chapter III The Hermit of the Woods
- Chapter IV The Training of the Tenderfoot
- Chapter V How “Knot” to Do Several Things
- Chapter VI How Two Millionaires Did a Good Turn
- Chapter VII On Gosling Lake
- Chapter VIII The “Instructor In Woodcraft”
- Chapter IX The New Tenderfoot
- Chapter X A Few Native Trees
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII A Bit of Detective Work
- Chapter XIV The Story of Johnny Appleseed
- Chapter XV Other Neighbors
- Chapter XVI The Sunbeam of Gosling Lake
- Chapter XVII An “Injin” Story
- Chapter XVIII The Echo of a World Tragedy
- Chapter XIX A Queen And Her Subjects
- Chapter XX What Did It Mean?
- Chapter XXI How It Happened
- Chapter XXII Sunshine
This edition of The Boy Patrol on Guard by Edward Sylvester Ellis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43079, divided into 22 chapters and 546 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 Boy Patrol on Guard is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43079 and divided into 546 sections.
This page carries the whole of The Boy Patrol on Guard by Edward Sylvester Ellis, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #43079, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 2730 sentences across 22 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 Boy Patrol on Guard divided for reading?
The Boy Patrol on Guard is presented in 22 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Boy Patrol on Guard as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 546 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 22 chapters.
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Every sentence of The Boy Patrol on Guard 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 Boy Patrol on Guard
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Is this the complete text of The Boy Patrol on Guard?
Yes. All 2730 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43079 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Boy Patrol on Guard is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #43079, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Boy Patrol on Guard take to read?
About 227 minutes of reading across 546 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Boy Patrol on Guard
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Boy Patrol on Guard, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Author
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- Flying
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- Series
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- Launch
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