How long does it take to read The Pushcart War?
The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill takes about 4 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1964. 222 pages, about 61,050 words. Written for children.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 47 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
Subjects: Children's stories, Children's stories, American, Fiction, Peddlers and peddling, Trucks, War
