How long does it take to read Black Elk Speaks?
Black Elk, John Gneisenau Neihardt
Black Elk Speaks by Black Elk, John Gneisenau Neihardt takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1932. 280 pages, about 77,000 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
His life story and the story of the Oglala Sioux during the decades of the Little Big Horn, the ghost-dance rising, and the Wounded Knee massacre.
Subjects: Biography, Indians of North America, Oglala Indians, Religion, Religion and mythology, Teton Indians
