How long does it take to read The Pioneers?
or, The sources of the Susquehanna, a descriptive tale
The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper takes about 8 hours 45 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 4 of Leatherstocking Tales
Previous: The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea Next: The Prairie
About 8 hours 45 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1800. 477 pages, about 131,175 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 45 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 378 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
MEET NATTY BUMPPO The first volume in the famous Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces Natty Bumppo, the quintessential American hunter and frontiersman who struggles to defend his cherished freedom.
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life, Natty Bumppo (Fictitious character), Fiction, Thriller, History, History and criticism
