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How long does it take to read Battle Cry?

Leon Uris

Battle Cry by Leon Uris takes about 8 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 48 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1953. 480 pages, about 132,000 words.

18 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 14 hours 40 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 48 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus.Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author.This is the story of enlisted men – Marines – at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough–and–ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail, we follow them into intense battles – Guadalcanal and Tarawa – and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery. Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time.

Subjects: Historical Fiction, Fiction, War stories, United States. Marine Corps, United States, Fiction, historical, general

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