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The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas

The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter is available here as the complete text, split into 1826 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Margaret Hill McCarter29 chapters

The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas by Margaret Hill McCarter. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #31524.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
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Academic course · 29 chapters

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The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas

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  1. Chapter I Chapter 1 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II Chapter 2 34 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III Chapter 3 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Chapter 4 41 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V Chapter 5 43 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI Chapter 6 62 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Chapter 7 49 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII Chapter 8 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Chapter 9 58 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Chapter 10 73 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI Chapter 11 72 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII Chapter 12 60 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII Chapter 13 89 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Chapter 14 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV Chapter 15 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Chapter 16 110 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII Chapter 17 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII Chapter 18 54 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Chapter 19 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX Chapter 20 97 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI Chapter 21 64 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII Chapter 22 76 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII Chapter 23 52 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV Chapter 24 75 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV Chapter 25 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI Chapter 26 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII Chapter 27 86 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII Chapter 28 70 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX Chapter 29 83 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of The Price of the Prairie: A Story of Kansas?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #31524, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1826 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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