The Dare Boys in Virginia
The Dare Boys in Virginia by Stephen Angus Douglas Cox is available here as the complete text, split into 382 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Dare Boys in Virginia by Stephen Angus Douglas Cox. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44478.
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The Dare Boys in Virginia
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II Roughly Handled
- Chapter III Lizzie Santon
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V The Redcoats Foiled
- Chapter VI Dick’s Daring Plan
- Chapter VII In the Tories’ Hands Again
- Chapter VIII Tim And Fritz At Work
- Chapter IX Tim and Fritz
- Chapter X To the Rescue
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII The Pathfinders
- Chapter XIII In the Swamp
- Chapter XIV Routed
- Chapter XV At the Dance
- Chapter XVI The Bottle of Cider
- Chapter XVII Arnold’s Encampment
- Chapter XVIII A Daring Attempt
- Chapter XIX The Armies Close Together
- Chapter XX Dick And Hank Sprowl
- Chapter XXI Tom Reconnoiters
- Chapter XXII The Battle
- Chapter XXIII Dick And Arnold
- Chapter XXIV The Rescue
- Chapter XXV Beating Arnold
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