How long does it take to read Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (2 volumes in 1)?
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (2 volumes in 1) by Ulysses S. Grant takes about 11 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 30 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1885. 627 pages, about 172,425 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 10 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Tracing his ancestry, Grant gives insight into the upbringing of a heralded military and political leader. On a broader scale, his first-person account of America’s armed forces outlines both civil and foreign insurrection.Grant wrote the two-volume Memoirs, published by Mark Twain, during his final battle – a battle against cancer that he would ultimately lose.
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Campaigns, United States, Generals
