How Long to Read Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

How Long Does it Take to Read Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis

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

Description

Winner of the Sierra Club's 2021 Rachel Carson Award One of Chicago Tribune's Ten Best Books of 2021 Named a Top Ten Best Science Book of 2021 by Booklist and Smithsonian Magazine "At once thoughtful and thought-provoking,” Beloved Beasts tells the story of the modern conservation movement through the lives and ideas of the people who built it, making “a crucial addition to the literature of our troubled time" (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction). In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realization: their rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to protect and conserve other forms of life. From early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today’s global effort to defend life on a larger scale, Nijhuis’s “spirited and engaging” account documents “the changes of heart that changed history” (Dan Cryer, Boston Globe). With “urgency, passion, and wit” (Michael Berry, Christian Science Monitor), she describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson, reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund, explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros, and confronts the darker side of modern conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change wreak havoc on our world, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species including our own.

How long is Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction?

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction aloud.

What Reading Level is Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction?

Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction 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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