How long does it take to read Principles of Personal Defense?
Principles of Personal Defense by Jeff Cooper takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 15 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1989. 68 pages, about 18,700 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 15 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Self-defense, Crime prevention
