The Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital
The Boy Scouts of the Field Hospital by Robert Shaler is available here as the complete text, split into 263 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Close Call in the Rapids
- Chapter III Returning Good for Evil
- Chapter IV Turning Back the Clock of Time
- Chapter V Signs of Brooding Trouble
- Chapter VI Everybody Busy
- Chapter VII The Frog Hunter Trapped
- Chapter VIII Scouts Heed the Call to Duty
- Chapter IX The Helping Hand
- Chapter X The Field Hospital
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII A Call for the Red Cross
- Chapter XIII Hard at Work
- Chapter XIV The Welcome Sight—conclusion
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