It takes the average reader 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Aretha Franklin by Mark Bego
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A frank examination of Aretha Franklin, Mark Bego’s definitive biography traces her career accomplishments from her beginnings as a twelve-year-old member of a church choir in the early 1950s, to recording her first album at the age of fourteen and signing a major recording contract at eighteen, right up through her headline-grabbing 2010 health scare. Originally positioned to become a gospel star in her father’s Detroit church, Aretha had a privileged urban upbringing—stars such as Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, and Sam Cooke regularly visited her father, Rev. C. L. Franklin. It wasn’t...
Aretha Franklin by Mark Bego is 448 pages long, and a total of 115,584 words.
This makes it 151% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 31 minutes to read Aretha Franklin aloud.
Aretha Franklin is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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