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Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans

by James Baldwin

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About this book

Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to James Baldwin. Catalog subjects include Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Washington, George, 1732-1799. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B1–B2 · Steady progress

Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans is calibrated from 22,922 sampled words across 5 chapters: sentences average 15.3 words, 12.5% exceed 24 words and 4.2% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

What the prose asks

Medium-length sentences averaging 15.3 words, with 12.5% extending beyond 24 words

Vocabulary

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4.2% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Short commitment

A few long sections make advance stopping points useful. About 5 calm 30-minute sessions.

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Read with momentum

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Begin with chapter one

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Table of contents

5 chapters

  1. 01THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON45 min
  2. 02TO THE YOUNG READER2 min
  3. 03THE STORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.37 min
  4. 04THE STORY OF DANIEL WEBSTER.8 min
  5. 05THE STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.13 min
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