How Long to Read Beyond Courage

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Courage?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Beyond Courage by Clay Blair

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

Description

Beyond Courage recounts several inspiring feats of escape and evasion by downed airmen during the Korean conflict. The airmen endured in­credible hardships, first at the hands of their captors, then as they managed, by one means or another, to make their way back to the safety of U.N. lines. As preparation for the book, author Clay Blair researched the military's incident records, then interviewed the survivors themselves to fill in any gaps in the accounts told to Air Force officers shortly after their rescue, and to recapture their personal reactions to their arduous adventures. The stories include members of the U.N. forces in Korea—not solely Americans—but also Turks and Greeks and 'ROKs' (Republic of Korea soldiers), and friendly North Korean Christians, who risked their lives to help downed airmen. In addition to enemy soldiers, the terrain and climate posed terrible challenges to men without adequate food, clothing, or shelter. In the story Cold, for example, one can feel the sub-zero temperatures as the escapee struggles to walk for miles with frozen feet (doctors would later be forced to amputate both feet to save the airman's life). Challenges were also psychological, as portrayed in the first story, Robinson Crusoe of MiG Alley. There, a downed airman recounts his shattering loneliness of a month spent on a deserted island—with friendly planes flying over almost daily but ignorant of the plight of the stranded airman below them. Despite the passage of 60 years since the cessation of this 'forgotten war,' the stories in Beyond Courage remain a testament to the power of human endurance and will in the face of extreme, life-threatening challenges.

How long is Beyond Courage?

Beyond Courage by Clay Blair is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Courage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Beyond Courage aloud.

What Reading Level is Beyond Courage?

Beyond Courage 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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