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The Co-opolitan

The Co-opolitan by Zebina Forbush is available here as the complete text, split into 547 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Zebina Forbush28 chapters

The Co-opolitan: A Story of the Co-operative Commonwealth of Idaho by Zebina Forbush. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #67321.

28 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Co-opolitan

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  1. Chapter I 8 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The Year 1897 7 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III John Thompson—co-Operation 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV A Meeting of the Co-Operative Commonwealth—committee Appointed to Visit Idaho 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Deer Valley—the Founding and Naming of Co-Opolis—thompson’s and Edmunds’ Views 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII The General System—progress the First Year—land Titles—labor Orders 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Co-Opolis a Convention City—a Menace to Liberty 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX The First Co-Operative Convention—thompson Nominated for Governor 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X My Home Life—aunt Lydia—miss Woodberry—trip to Canyon Lake 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV The Constitutional Convention and Its Labors 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 22 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 12 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX The Stranger from London—boise City Bonds and a Loan—the Peril of Idaho 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Why Idaho Has a Dual Government—a Glimpse at the Law 5 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV The Transcontinental Railroad 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Charlie Woodberry Asks Questions 37 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 42 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of The Co-opolitan?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #67321, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Co-opolitan take to read?

About 227 minutes of reading across 547 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Co-opolitan

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Co-opolitan
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Co-opolitan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Story
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Co-operative
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Co-opolitan; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Commonwealth
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