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How long does it take to read The Golden West?

Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey, Frederick Faust

The Golden West by Louis L'Amour, Zane Grey, Frederick Faust takes about 5 hours 36 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 36 minutes

A weekend read

First published 2003. 305 pages, about 83,875 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 19 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 36 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Tappan's Burro has long been considered a Zane Grey masterpiece: a prospector is forced to cross Death Valley's deadly floor in order to keep his gold.The Trail to Crazy Man, one of Louis L'Amour's finest short novels, tells the story of Charles Rodney, who died of a beating he endured during forced labour on a merchant vessel.Max Brand's Jargan is based on the original typescript about a gambler who, when he saves the life of a man, acquires a new title - whether he likes it or not!

Subjects: Fiction, historical, general, Western stories

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