How long does it take to read Reconstruction?
America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
Reconstruction by Eric Foner takes about 12 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 39 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1988. 690 pages, about 189,750 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 13 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery.
Subjects: Politics and government, History, African Americans, Reconstruction, Wiederaufbau, Fiction
