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The Life of Kit Carson

The Life of Kit Carson by Edward Sylvester Ellis is available here as the complete text, split into 489 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Edward Sylvester Ellis38 chapters

The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A. by Edward Sylvester Ellis. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #7882.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of The Life of Kit Carson by Edward Sylvester Ellis carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #7882, divided into 38 chapters and 489 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, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.

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Rather than presenting The Life of Kit Carson as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 489 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 38 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.

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Carson's: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of Kit Carson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Youth--his: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of Kit Carson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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