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How long does it take to read Pirates and Privateers?

Edith S. McCall

Pirates and Privateers by Edith S. McCall takes about 2 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 21 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1963. 128 pages, about 35,200 words. Written for children.

5 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 3 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 21 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 28 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Discusses piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries focusing on the lives and infamous deeds of Peter Francis, Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Stede Bonnet.

Subjects: Privateers, Pirates, Piracy, Buccaneers, History

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