How long does it take to read Voodoo & Hoodoo?
Voodoo & Hoodoo by Jim Haskins takes about 4 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1978. 226 pages, about 62,150 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 54 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Voodoo Men, Hoodoo women, and root doctors say they know how to use eggs; graveyard dust; forks in the road; the numbers 3, 7, and 9; pins and nails; red flannel bags, yellow homespun; urine, faeces, and blood; shoes and clothing; black cats and black hens; doorsteps; and the interior and exterior corners of houses to conjure good and to conjure evil. Voodoo and Hoodoo tells how these spiritual descendants of African medicine men and sorcerers "lay tricks" and work their magic, and explains the hold these practices have had on their believers from the Old World origins until today.
Subjects: Voodooism, Hoodoo (Cult), Vodou
