How long does it take to read Black Thunder?
Arna Bontemps, Andrew L. Barnes, JoAnn M. Mirlenbrink
Black Thunder by Arna Bontemps, Andrew L. Barnes, JoAnn M. Mirlenbrink takes about 4 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 6 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1936. 224 pages, about 61,600 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Black Thunder is the true story of a slave insurrection that failed ... Garbriel is a young slave, who ... decides to avenge the murder of a fellow-slave by leading the Negroes of Richmond, Virginia, against the landowners"--Cover.
Subjects: Fiction, Slave insurrections, African Americans, History, Slaves, Insurrections
