It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read About Boston by David Thompson Watson McCord
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"Of all the books published each year, only a handful lives to celebrate a sliver anniversary. Of such rare coinage is About Boston, now in its tenth printing and still the best introduction to the moods of an ever-changing city. David McCord's poetry and prose, now in three hundred anthologies, is known throughout the world. These essays on Boston, which seem destined to have a permanent place in American literature, alert visitors and venerable Bostonians alike to the "sight, sound, flavor, and inflection" of the town." From the bookjacket.
About Boston by David Thompson Watson McCord is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read About Boston aloud.
About Boston is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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