How long does it take to read The United States Constitution?
Jonathan Hennessey
The United States Constitution by Jonathan Hennessey takes about 2 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 44 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2009. 149 pages, about 40,975 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An introduction to the United States Constitution, presented in graphic form, detailing important people and events in the creation of the founding document, its Preamble, and twenty-seven amendments.
Subjects: Constitutional history, Pictorial works, United States, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Politics and government, Comic books, strips