With Sword and Crucifix
With Sword and Crucifix by Edward S. (Edward Sims) Van Zile is available here as the complete text, split into 598 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
With Sword and Crucifix Being an Account of the Strange Adventures of Count Louis Sancerre, Companion of Sieur LaSalle, on the Lower Mississippi, in the Year of Grace 1682 by Edward S. (Edward Sims) Van Zile. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #66503.
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With Sword and Crucifix
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- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
- Chapter IX
- Chapter X
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Chapter XIII
- Chapter XIV
- Chapter XV
- Chapter XVI
- Chapter XVII
- Chapter XVIII
- Chapter XIX
- Chapter XX
- Chapter XXI
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII
- Chapter XXIV
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI
- Chapter XXVII
- Chapter XXVIII
- Chapter XXIX
This edition of With Sword and Crucifix by Edward S. (Edward Sims) Van Zile carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #66503, divided into 29 chapters and 598 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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