How long does it take to read Once An Eagle?
America's War and Peace
Anton Myrer
Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer takes about 17 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 17 hours 36 minutes
A long haul
First published 1968. 960 pages, about 264,000 words.
36 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 29 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 17 hours 36 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Required reading for West Point cadets, Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War—Vietnam. Here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.
Subjects: Once An Eagle, Anton Myrer, America's War and Peace, American, History, Historical
