The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio
The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio by Harry Gordon is available here as the complete text, split into 667 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio by Harry Gordon. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #50327.
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The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A “Friendly” Captain
- Chapter III Resisting an Officer
- Chapter IV A Dive for Liberty
- Chapter V Captain Joe on Shore
- Chapter VI Jule Turns the Switch
- Chapter VII The Training of Teddy
- Chapter VIII Captain Joe’s Message
- Chapter IX The Three Blue Lights
- Chapter X Anniversary of a Wreck
- Chapter XI Catching Big Catfish
- Chapter XII The Ghost of the Mary Ann
- Chapter XIII Exploring a Lagoon
- Chapter XIV Captain Joe Helps Some
- Chapter XV The Rambler Strikes Back
- Chapter XVI The Coal Barges Intervene
- Chapter XVII The Two Claimants
- Chapter XVIII A Forbidden Subject
- Chapter XIX Teddy Makes a Sensation
- Chapter XX The Pirates’ Nest
- Chapter XXI Fate Takes a Trick
- Chapter XXII The Night-Riders
- Chapter XXIII The Rambler’s Lights
- Chapter XXIV The Lights Help Some
- Chapter XXV Grateful Night-Riders
This edition of The River Motor Boat Boys on the Ohio by Harry Gordon carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #50327, divided into 25 chapters and 667 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.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #50327, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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- River
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- Motor
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- Author
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- Lawrence
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