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The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat

The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss is available here as the complete text, split into 1007 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss20 chapters

The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat Or, How Roy Mercer Won His Spurs in the Merchant Marine by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55864.

20 chaptersComplete chronicle
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The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat

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  1. Chapter I 4 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II The New Wireless Man 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III The Secret of Success 28 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV Roy’s First Fire 51 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V In Lower New York 50 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI A Friend in Need 39 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII Off to Sea 32 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII The Night’s Work 36 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX Where Cotton Is King 68 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X Thwarting a Wireless Incendiary 71 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI A Lesson in Diplomacy 59 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII A Visit to Chinatown 79 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 82 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV Roy Gains Another Friend 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV A Trip to the Oil Fields 35 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI Sos 88 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 55 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 66 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX Back into the Storm 67 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 22 readings five lines each Open chapter

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