It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read Born Missionary: The Islay Walden Story by Margo Lee Williams
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In 1879, Islay Walden, born enslaved and visually impaired, returned to North Carolina after a twelve-year odyssey in search of an education. It was a journey that would take him from emancipation in Randolph County, North Carolina to Washington, D. C., where he earned a teaching degree from Howard University, then to the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Along the way, he would publish two volumes of poetry and found two schools for African American children. Now ordained, he would return to his home community, where he founded two Congregational churches and...
Born Missionary: The Islay Walden Story by Margo Lee Williams is 148 pages long, and a total of 38,184 words.
This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read Born Missionary: The Islay Walden Story aloud.
Born Missionary: The Islay Walden Story is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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