How long does it take to read Carver, a Life in Poems?
Marilyn Nelson
Carver, a Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson takes about 1 hour 53 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 53 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2001. 103 pages, about 28,325 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 53 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earning a master's degree. In 1896, Booker T. Washington invited Carver to start the agricultural department at the all-black-staffed Tuskegee Institute, where he spent the rest of his life seeking solutions to the poverty among landless black farmers by developing new uses for soil-replenishing crops such as peanuts, cowpeas, and sweet potatoes. Carver's achievements as a botanist and inventor were balanced by his gifts as a painter, musician, and teacher. This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book by Marilyn Nelson provides a compelling and revealing portrait of Carver's complex, richly interior, profoundly devout life.
Subjects: Agriculturists, Poetry, African American agriculturists, American poetry, History, Biographies
