How long does it take to read The Audacity of Hope?
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama, Erwin Dorado, Claudia Casanova, Esther Roig Giménez
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, Erwin Dorado, Claudia Casanova, Esther Roig Giménez takes about 7 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 34 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2006. 413 pages, about 113,575 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 49 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. --From publisher description.
Subjects: Politics and government, Ideals (Philosophy), Legislators, United States Congress, United States Senate, Philosophy
