How long does it take to read Hawaii?
Hawaii by James A. Michener takes about 17 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 11 minutes
A long haul
First published 1959. 937 pages, about 257,675 words.
35 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 28 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 47 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Michener gives us a broad scope of Hawaii, from the formation of the islands to modern day. I read this as a teen and am looking forward to reading it again, now many years later.Each chapter gives us a history of a different ethnic group, the Hawaiians, then the Chinese, Japanese ect, and how they contributed to the formation of something profoundly beautiful and profoundly sad, as the native Hawaiians don't stand a chance of hanging on to their paradise.The book has wonderful people, many based on real persons. The Calvanist missionaries who devote their lives to bringing the white man's God. Over the years the people I met in Hawaii have had a very real influence on me. But it also colored my understanding of big buisness, politicsand religion.
Subjects: Immigrants, Missionaries, Fiction, Hawaiians, History, Missionaries, fiction
