How long does it take to read The Civil War?
The Civil War by Shelby Foote takes about 18 hours 20 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 20 minutes
A long haul
First published 1958. 1,000 pages, about 275,000 words.
37 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 30 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 20 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: History, Campaigns, Military campaigns, Death and burial, Biography, Histoire
