How Long to Read A Look to the Past - Kirkland

How Long Does it Take to Read A Look to the Past - Kirkland?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read A Look to the Past - Kirkland by Matthew W. McCauley

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Fifty of the best of Matt McCauley's "A Look to the Past: Kirkland" newspaper columns, edited to present new information and many photos from the prized collection of the Kirkland Heritage Society. In 1870 two teenage boys claim homesteads on Juanita Bay, and to pay for improvements on their homesteads, struggle for the rest of their short lives logging timber on Lake Washington's eastern shore. In 1872 a couple and their 22-year-old son stake claims at Houghton, carving homes out of dark, dense, first-growth timber. Other pioneers arrive and claim homesteads on the eastern shore. In 1887 a flamboyant young newspaper publisher convinces an even-tempered English steel manufacturer to locate a new, world-class steel mill on a tiny lake between Houghton and Juanita, and to plat a town site on Lake Washington's shore, which will become Kirkland. Their vision is big. They want to create nothing less than a "Pittsburgh of the Pacific," but reality intervenes. The speculative bubble bursts and fortunes are lost, lives are broken, and in the shambles of their dreams the scrappy pioneers refuse to quit. They build their town anyway. Kirkland's past reads like a great western novel, peopled as it is by pioneer settlers, land speculators, loggers, stump ranchers, land developers, steam boatmen, boat builders, WWII Rosie-the-riveters, finally, the suburbanites of post-WWII. Kirkland native Matthew W. McCauley wrote a popular newspaper column, "A Look to the Past," in the 1990s in which he tells these stories. Here are 50 of the best, updated with new research, and accompanied by many of images from the Kirkland Heritage Society's prized collection. "It is a pleasure having Matt McCauley's A Look to the Past articles finally gathered together in one volume. When they were first published in the Kirkland Courier two decades ago, they were such a joy to read that I saved most of them in my clippings file. I say "most" because I now see that I missed a few, and I was delighted to read some "new" ones after all these years. What a treat!" - Alan Stein, Staff Historian, HistoryLink.org "Matt is ... an old soul. As a young boy he seemed to show wisdom only seen in older people. Matt always loved older people and their stories. Today, Kirkland is the beneficiary of his interest in the people and history of Kirkland. Matt is a stickler for detail and accuracy. He wants people remembered and respected." - Loita Hawkinson, Kirkland Heritage Society

How long is A Look to the Past - Kirkland?

A Look to the Past - Kirkland by Matthew W. McCauley is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Look to the Past - Kirkland Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read A Look to the Past - Kirkland aloud.

What Reading Level is A Look to the Past - Kirkland?

A Look to the Past - Kirkland is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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