It takes the average reader 4 hours and 5 minutes to read Blow the Man Down! by James H. Williams
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A weathered manuscript discovered among old papers was the foundation of this powerful book. James H. Williams’ spellbinding recollections of his adventures before the mast in sailing-ship days bring alive again that gruelling but romantic era on the seas. Though he called himself a common sailor, James H. Williams (1864-1927) was a most uncommon man. An African-American seaman with reddish hair, he left his Massachusetts home to go to sea at the age of eleven. Yet in spite of his limited formal education, he, wrote in later life with a verve and color that many professional writers would...
Blow the Man Down! by James H. Williams is 238 pages long, and a total of 61,404 words.
This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 35 minutes to read Blow the Man Down! aloud.
Blow the Man Down! is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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