How Long to Read Black Hawk

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Hawk?

It takes the average reader and 36 minutes to read Black Hawk by Joan Bonnell Clark

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

Description

Black Hawk, An Epic American Indian Tragedy, offers poetic and historic perspectives on Chief Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War (April - August 1832). The epic poem sings the praises of Black Hawk and his family, including son Whirling Thunder, and laments their defeat. The history traces Black Hawk's life before, during and after the war, along with a day by day account of the battles fought against the US Army. After Black Hawk was captured he was brought to the East to act as a spokesman for native Americans and developed into a celebriity among the whites. Black Hawk was born in 1767 in the Sauk village of Saukenuk on the Rock River where Rock Island, Illinois is now located. His father, Pyesa, was the tribal medicine man. The Sauk people used the village in the spring and summer for raising corn and as a burial site, then broke into small groups and moved across the Mississippi River for winter hunting and fur trapping. Although Black Hawk inherited an important medicine bundle, he was not one of the Sauk's civil chiefs. His status came from leading successful war parties against competing Indian tribes and serving the British as head of all the native forces allied with them in the War of 1812. He carried the rank of brevet Brigadier General and was familiar with military strategy and protocol as a result of that experience. JOAN BONNELL CLARK brings her long time passion for the Black Hawk story to the written page with this small volume containing her epic poem on the Black Hawk War, along with a day by day history of the conflict. Rev. Clark is an ordained Episcopal deacon and retired from the faculty of Rockford University in Rockford, Illinois. She currently lives and writes in Florida. She is the author of four previous books: Along The Way, Glimpses Of God, and All About Love From Mixed Experience--all poetry collections--and a novel, All My Ladies.

How long is Black Hawk?

Black Hawk by Joan Bonnell Clark is 36 pages long, and a total of 9,216 words.

This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 11% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Hawk Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 50 minutes to read Black Hawk aloud.

What Reading Level is Black Hawk?

Black Hawk is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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