How long does it take to read America?
A Narrative History
George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi
America by George Brown Tindall, David E. Shi takes about 24 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 24 hours 16 minutes
A long haul
First published 1984. 1,324 pages, about 364,100 words.
49 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 40 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 24 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 15 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 66 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Used by over one million students, America: A Narrative History is one of the most successful American history textbooks ever published. Offering a comprehensive introduction to the history of the United States, this work provides wide coverage of social and cultural history. The authors look at how colonial taverns not only served as places to socialize but also became hotbeds for political action before the American Revolution; they explore how the rise of baseball served to equalize whites of different classes but exacerbated racial tension through segregated leagues; and they explore the rise of rock and roll and the "youth culture" of the 1950s as a reaction to the conservative culture.
Subjects: History, Histoire, Geschichte, Englischunterricht, United states, history, American literature (collections)
