How Long to Read Alexander Robey Shepherd

How Long Does it Take to Read Alexander Robey Shepherd?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Alexander Robey Shepherd by John P. Richardson

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

Description

With Alexander Robey Shepherd, John P. Richardson gives us the first full-length biography of his subject, who as Washington, D.C.’s, public works czar (1871–74) built the infrastructure of the nation’s capital in a few frenetic years after the Civil War. The story of Shepherd is also the story of his hometown after that cataclysm, which left the city with churned-up streets, stripped of its trees, and exhausted. An intrepid businessman, Shepherd became president of Washington’s lower house of delegates at twenty-seven. Garrulous and politically astute, he used every lever to persuade Congress to realize Peter L’Enfant’s vision for the capital. His tenure produced paved and graded streets, sewer systems, trees, and gaslights, and transformed the fetid Washington Canal into one of the city’s most stately avenues. After bankrupting the city, a chastened Shepherd left in 1880 to develop silver mines in western Mexico, where he lived out his remaining twenty-two years. In Washington, Shepherd worked at the confluence of race, party, region, and urban development, in a microcosm of the United States. Determined to succeed at all costs, he helped force Congress to accept its responsibility for maintenance of its stepchild, the nation’s capital city.

How long is Alexander Robey Shepherd?

Alexander Robey Shepherd by John P. Richardson is 369 pages long, and a total of 95,571 words.

This makes it 125% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Alexander Robey Shepherd Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read Alexander Robey Shepherd aloud.

What Reading Level is Alexander Robey Shepherd?

Alexander Robey Shepherd 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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