It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Captured on Corregidor by John M. Wright, Jr.
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
On graduating from West Point in 1940, Lieutenant John Wright was assigned to Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Captured there by the Japanese, he endured three and a half years of POW conditions described in subsequent war crimes trials as the worst of World War II. This book is built around a diary he smuggled through countless inspections during his imprisonment. A detailed account of the voyage of the "hellships" carrying prisoners from Manila to Japan; the disease, the hunger, and the different ways prisoners coped--or failed to cope--with their ordeal.
Captured on Corregidor by John M. Wright, Jr. is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Captured on Corregidor aloud.
Captured on Corregidor is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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