How long does it take to read Proud Shoes?
Pauli Murray
Proud Shoes by Pauli Murray takes about 5 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1956. 290 pages, about 79,750 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 52 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 19 minutes |
The page count is the median across 15 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
History of a family blended from slaves, free blacks, white slaveowners, Cherokee Indians, and others.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Family, African American families, African American women, African Americans, Biography
