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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.

29 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary

Academic course · 29 chapters

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With Sword and Crucifix

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  1. Chapter I 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 17 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 13 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 11 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 15 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 18 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 16 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 20 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 21 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 24 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 19 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 23 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 14 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 25 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 27 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 30 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 29 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 33 readings five lines each Open chapter

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Is this the complete text of With Sword and Crucifix?

Yes. All 2990 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #66503 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #66503, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does With Sword and Crucifix take to read?

About 249 minutes of reading across 598 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Being
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Account
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Strange
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Adventures
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