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How long does it take to read Battle Cry of Freedom Part 1 of 3?

James M. McPherson

Battle Cry of Freedom Part 1 of 3 by James M. McPherson takes about 16 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 16 hours 48 minutes

A long haul

First published 1988. 916 pages, about 251,900 words.

34 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 27 hours 59 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 16 hours 48 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 10 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a military, political, and social history of the American Civil War. An abridged, illustrated version was published in 2003. The book won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for History.

Subjects: Campaigns, History, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Histoire, Campagnes et batailles, Sezessionskrieg

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