It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Breaking the Appalachian Barrier by John Hrastar
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In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered a road from Maryland to Ohio, challenging the French and Indians for the Ohio country. Several wars stalled the road, which did not start in earnest until after Ohio became a state in 1803. The stone-paved Cumberland Road--from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia--was complete by...
Breaking the Appalachian Barrier by John Hrastar is 263 pages long, and a total of 66,539 words.
This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read Breaking the Appalachian Barrier aloud.
Breaking the Appalachian Barrier is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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