How Long to Read A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey

How Long Does it Take to Read A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 13 minutes to read A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey by James Edwards Jr.

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

Description

Today is May 1, 1917. Word has just come to me that several local boys have been drafted to fight the war in Europe. This one is called "The Great War." It's been raging since August 1914. President Wilson asked the Congress for a declaration of war last month. He got it. Hundreds of thousands have died already. Now, many of our own good boys will die. War is a chronic condition, and stupid. I was that young when I first went off to war, fifty-seven years ago. I was twenty-one, about the same age as these kids. I had no idea that I was entering my own personal season in hell when I joined up with a New York volunteer regiment. These young men are about to march off to another war, another cause. Many will die uselessly on torn-up battlefields that nobody will remember except the men who fight there. I still see those faces in the distance, on a hillside at a place called Gettysburg. I see myself, young, but no longer a boy. My innocence was a façade. War is butchery, and I experienced it close-up. I was part of a monster, trained to overwhelm and destroy my enemy, my brother. By the end of the war, I was good at it. It fit me well. I was a seasoned veteran. Killing had become second nature. Experience being the best teacher, I learned well. In April 1865, I knew what I was. The question had become, what was I going to be? The thought once occurred to me that maybe I should not have survived the war, that war should devour its own and leave the remnant in peace.

How long is A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey?

A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey by James Edwards Jr. is 306 pages long, and a total of 78,336 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 8 minutes to read A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey aloud.

What Reading Level is A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey?

A Time For Soldiers: A Civil War Journey 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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