It takes the average reader 8 hours to read Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941 by Kate Sayen Kirkland
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Captain James A. Baker, Houston lawyer, banker, and businessman, received an alarming telegram on September 23, 1900: his elderly millionaire client William Marsh Rice had died unexpectedly in New York City. Baker rushed to New York, where he unraveled a plot to murder Rice and plunder his estate. Working tirelessly with local authorities, Baker saved Rice’s fortune from more than one hundred claimants; he championed the wishes of his deceased client and founded Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art—today’s internationally acclaimed Rice University. For fifty years...
Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941 by Kate Sayen Kirkland is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.
This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941 aloud.
Captain James A. Baker of Houston, 1857-1941 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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