The Trail Boys of the Plains
The Trail Boys of the Plains by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster is available here as the complete text, split into 1016 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
The Trail Boys of the Plains by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #44078.
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The Trail Boys of the Plains
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- Chapter I Something About a Buffalo
- Chapter II At the Silent Sue
- Chapter III The Lame Indian
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V The Bears’ Den
- Chapter VI In the Old Tunnel
- Chapter VII The Rescue—and Afterward
- Chapter VIII Chet Shoots a Hawk
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X Mr. Havens Has a Visitor
- Chapter XI The First Adventure
- Chapter XII A Maverick
- Chapter XIII “The Dog Soldiers”
- Chapter XIV The Warning
- Chapter XV “What Won’t Be Led Must Be Driven”
- Chapter XVI The Wolf Ring
- Chapter XVII A Mystery
- Chapter XVIII Royal Game
- Chapter XIX A Fruitless Chase
- Chapter XX A Midnight Alarm
- Chapter XXI A Startling Discovery
- Chapter XXII After the Thieves
- Chapter XXIII The First Buffalo
- Chapter XXIV Tit for Tat
- Chapter XXV Chet’s Determination
- Chapter XXVI “The King of Them All”
- Chapter XXVII Dig’s Great Idea
- Chapter XXVIII Great Luck
- Chapter XXIX Plenty of Excitement
- Chapter XXX How It Ended
This edition of The Trail Boys of the Plains by W. Bert (Walter Bertram) Foster carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #44078, divided into 30 chapters and 1016 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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The Trail Boys of the Plains is presented in 30 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting The Trail Boys of the Plains as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 1016 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 sections are gathered into 30 chapters.
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Questions about reading The Trail Boys of the Plains
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Is this the complete text of The Trail Boys of the Plains?
Yes. All 5076 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44078 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of The Trail Boys of the Plains is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #44078, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does The Trail Boys of the Plains take to read?
About 423 minutes of reading across 1016 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in The Trail Boys of the Plains
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Trail Boys of the Plains, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Really
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail Boys of the Plains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Suppose
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail Boys of the Plains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Buffalo
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Trail Boys of the Plains; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Exists
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