How long does it take to read The Drinking Gourd Book and Tape?
F. N. Monjo
The Drinking Gourd Book and Tape by F. N. Monjo takes about 1 hour 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 8 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1970. 62 pages, about 17,050 words. Written for children.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 1 hour 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 24 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
When he is sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.
Subjects: Underground railroad, fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Underground railroad, Slavery, fiction
