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