How Long to Read Cause for Alarm

How Long Does it Take to Read Cause for Alarm?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Cause for Alarm by Amy S. Greenberg

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Volunteer fire companies protected highly flammable cities from fire and provided many men with friendship, brotherhood, and a way to prove their civic virtue. While other scholars have claimed that...

How long is Cause for Alarm?

Cause for Alarm by Amy S. Greenberg is 233 pages long, and a total of 58,949 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cause for Alarm Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 22 minutes to read Cause for Alarm aloud.

What Reading Level is Cause for Alarm?

Cause for Alarm is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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