The Flying U's Last Stand
The Flying U's Last Stand by B. M. Bower is available here as the complete text, split into 892 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Flying U's Last Stand
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- Chapter I Old Ways and New
- Chapter II Andy Green's New Acquaintance
- Chapter III The Kid Learns Some Things About Horses
- Chapter IV Andy Takes a Hand in the Game
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI The First Blow in the Fight
- Chapter VII The Coming of the Colony
- Chapter VIII Florence Grace Hallman Speaks Plainly
- Chapter IX The Happy Family Buys a Bunch of Cattle
- Chapter X Wherein Andy Green Lies to a Lady
- Chapter XI A Moving Chapter in Events
- Chapter XII Shacks, Live Stock and Pilgrims Promptly and Painfully Removed
- Chapter XIII Irish Works for the Cause
- Chapter XIV Just One Thing After Another
- Chapter XV The Kid Has Ideas of His Own
- Chapter XVI “A Rell Old Cowpuncher”
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII The Long Way Round
- Chapter XIX Her Name Was Rosemary
- Chapter XX The Rell Ole Cowpuncher Goes Home
- Chapter XXI The Fight Goes On
- Chapter XXII Lawful Improvements
- Chapter XXIII The Water Question and Some Gossip
- Chapter XXIV The Kid Is Used for a Pawn in the Game
- Chapter XXV “Little Black Shack's All Burnt Up”
- Chapter XXVI Rosemary Allen Does a Small Sum in Addition
- Chapter XXVII “Its Awful Easy to Get Lost”
- Chapter XXVIII As It Turned Out
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- Progress
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- Insidious
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