How long does it take to read A Stillness at Appomattox?
A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton takes about 8 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 2 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1953. 438 pages, about 120,450 words.
17 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 2 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Army, Army of the Potomac, Campaigns, History, National Book Award Winner, Regimental histories
