How long does it take to read The Buffalo Creek Disaster?
Gerald M. Stern
The Buffalo Creek Disaster by Gerald M. Stern takes about 5 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1976. 293 pages, about 80,575 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 57 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 21 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
How a young lawyer took on the Pittston Coal Company after their dam failed and flooding Buffalo Creek hollow killing 125 and wounding 1000.
Subjects: Floods, Negligence, Pittston Company, Trials, litigation, Rechtspraak, Kolenmijnen
