Trail and Trading Post
Trail and Trading Post by Edward Stratemeyer is available here as the complete text, split into 893 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Trail and Trading Post by Edward Stratemeyer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #63431.
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Trail and Trading Post
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II A Glimpse of the Past
- Chapter III A Buffalo and a Bear
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V Taken by Surprise
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII Back to the Fort
- Chapter VIII The Start for the East
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X Under the Cliff
- Chapter XI Barringford as a Scout
- Chapter XII In Which White Buffalo Appears
- Chapter XIII Home Once More
- Chapter XIV An Old Enemy Appears
- Chapter XV A Fight with a Wolverine
- Chapter XVI Wolves, and a Snowstorm
- Chapter XVII Saved by a Windstorm
- Chapter XVIII The Journey to the Trading Post
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX The Shooting Contest
- Chapter XXI Another Long Journey
- Chapter XXII A New Move
- Chapter XXIII A Fight Among Wild Beasts
- Chapter XXIV The Rescue of the Stranger
- Chapter XXV Snowbound on the Trail
- Chapter XXVI Crushing News
- Chapter XXVII By Way of the Tunnel
- Chapter XXVIII Holding the Trading Post
- Chapter XXIX In Which a Battering Ram Is Used
- Chapter XXX From Enemies to Friends
- Chapter XXXI For Life or Death
- Chapter XXXII Days of Peace—conclusion
This edition of Trail and Trading Post by Edward Stratemeyer carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #63431, divided into 32 chapters and 893 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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Is this the complete text of Trail and Trading Post?
Yes. All 4462 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #63431 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #63431, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Trail and Trading Post take to read?
About 371 minutes of reading across 893 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Trail and Trading Post
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- Author
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- Washington
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- American
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- William
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