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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

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