How long does it take to read Riding the Pony Express?
Riding the Pony Express by Clyde Robert Bulla takes about 1 hour 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 45 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1948. 95 pages, about 26,125 words. Written for children.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 5 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Dick travels from New York to meet his father, a rider for the Pony Express. His father is not in St. Joe and he continues to Owl Creek, one of the way stations where riders change horses.
Subjects: Pony express, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction
