How Long to Read American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs

How Long Does it Take to Read American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs by Wes Davis

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

Description

The epic road trips—and surprising friendship—of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age. In 1913, an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs. When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Ford’s Model Ts to explore the Transcendentalist’s New England, the trip would prove to be the first of many excursions that would take Ford and Burroughs, together with an enthusiastic Thomas Edison, across America. Their road trips—increasingly ambitious in scope—transported members of the group to the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, the Adirondacks of New York, and the Green Mountains of Vermont, finally paving the way for a grand 1918 expedition through southern Appalachia. In many ways, their timing could not have been worse. With war raging in Europe and an influenza pandemic that had already claimed thousands of lives abroad beginning to plague the United States, it was an inopportune moment for travel. Nevertheless, each of the men who embarked on the 1918 journey would subsequently point to it as the most memorable vacation of their lives. These travels profoundly influenced the way Ford, Edison, and Burroughs viewed the world, nudging their work in new directions through a transformative decade in American history. In American Journey, Wes Davis re-creates these landmark adventures, through which one of the great naturalists of the nineteenth century helped the men who invented the modern age reconnect with the natural world—and reimagine the world they were creating.

How long is American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs?

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs by Wes Davis is 217 pages long, and a total of 55,769 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 4 minutes to read American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs aloud.

What Reading Level is American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs?

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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