It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Battlegrounds of Memory by Clay Lewis
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Battlegrounds of Memory Clay Lewis crosses seven generations of his family to illuminate a heritage of romantic hope and abject defeat, seeking freedom from the past by understanding it. His story is a cry from the heart, reaching into the depths of a family's collective soul and finding hope in the midst of despair. Heritage was a heavy burden on Lewis's parents, children of the South whose denial of their past bound them more tightly to it. Their battles with each other and their son followed old patterns of intergenerational conflict. The book opens with a harrowing scene in which the...
Battlegrounds of Memory by Clay Lewis is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Battlegrounds of Memory aloud.
Battlegrounds of Memory is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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