How long does it take to read Benjamin Franklin?
An American Life
Walter Isaacson, Boyd Gaines, Nelson Runger
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson, Boyd Gaines, Nelson Runger takes about 10 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 49 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2003. 590 pages, about 162,250 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 46 minutes |
The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chronicles the founding father's life and his multiple careers as a shopkeeper, writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, business strategist, and political leader, while showing how his faith in the wisdom of the common citizen helped forge an American national identity based on the virtues of its middle class.
Subjects: Politics and government, Scientists, Printers, Inventors, Biography, Statesmen
