How Long to Read Billy and Paulita

How Long Does it Take to Read Billy and Paulita?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 19 minutes to read Billy and Paulita by Gale Cooper

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

Description

Billy and Paulita, the new edition of Joy of the Birds, is a milestone in the literature of Billy the Kid. It is arguably the definitive revisionist telling of his story by one of that history's experts. Billy and Paulita is a virtual world based on research utilizing 40,000 pages of archival documents and books, and input of over 300 consultants, and recreation of the scenes at the actual historic sites. As docufiction, it ends a 130 year cover-up of New Mexico's Santa Fe Ring: a cabal of land-grabbing robber baron, lawmen, and thugs which precipitated the 1878 Lincoln County War freedom fight. Central to that rebellion was Billy Bonney, outlawed by those victorious enemies as "Billy the Kid." He had to die. The truths he testified to could have tumbled the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. Billy and Paulita is also America's Romeo and Juliet: in a star-crossed romance of the homeless drifter Billy Bonney and young Paulita Maxwell, the richest heiress in New Mexico Territory. Billy was killed by betrayal and by the hand of Sheriff Pat Garrett in her brother's bedroom in the family mansion, before midnight on July 14, 1881. Paulita, just pregnant with Billy's child, would have heard the fatal shot. Billy and Paulita is also a mythic hero journey in a cosmic battle of good and evil. Billy Bonney's astounding escapes from Ring clutches and death, and his moral transformations while fighting Ring injustices, yield his comprehension of a wise woman's lesson of "joy of the birds," told to him in childhood. Like the birds, one can fly without fear, because there are millions of moments to be alive, only one of death, and then one has forever. From that revelation, comes freedom to follow one's highest ideals, and to fearlessly and joyfully walk one's earthly path to its end - as did Billy Bonney. Author, Gale Cooper, is a Harvard educated, M.D. psychiatrist specializing in murder case consultation. Her earlier edition of Billy and Paulita is titled Joy of the Birds. She has also written non-fiction Billy the Kid books.

How long is Billy and Paulita?

Billy and Paulita by Gale Cooper is 658 pages long, and a total of 169,764 words.

This makes it 222% the length of the average book. It also has 207% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Billy and Paulita Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 27 minutes to read Billy and Paulita aloud.

What Reading Level is Billy and Paulita?

Billy and Paulita 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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