How long does it take to read Means of Ascent?
Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro takes about 9 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Previous: The Path to Power Next: Master of the Senate
About 9 hours 25 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1990. 514 pages, about 141,350 words.
19 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 53 minutes |
The page count is the median across 18 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes.
Subjects: Biography, Elections, History, Politics and government, Presidents, United States
