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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs. Complete public-domain text from Project Gutenberg eBook #16530.

40 chaptersComplete chronicle

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US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

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This edition of The Ridin' Kid from Powder River by Henry Herbert Knibbs carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #16530, divided into 40 chapters and 1824 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 Ridin' Kid from Powder River as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1824 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 40 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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Yes. All 9116 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #16530 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #16530, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 600 minutes of reading across 1824 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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