How Long to Read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name

How Long Does it Take to Read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name by David M. Buerge

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

Description

This is the first thorough historical account of Chief Seattle and his times--the story of a half-century of tremendous flux, turmoil, and violence, during which a native American war leader became an advocate for peace and strove to create a successful hybrid racial community. When the British, Spanish, and then Americans arrived in the Pacific Northwest, it may have appeared to them as an untamed wilderness. In fact, it was a fully settled and populated land. Chief Seattle was a powerful representative from this very ancient world. Historian David Buerge has been researching and writing this book about the world of Chief Seattle for the past 20 years. Buerge has threaded together disparate accounts of the time from the 1780s to the 1860s--including native oral histories, Hudson Bay Company records, pioneer diaries, French Catholic church records, and historic newspaper reporting. Chief Seattle had gained power and prominence on Puget Sound as a war leader, but the arrival of American settlers caused him to reconsider his actions. He came to embrace white settlement and, following traditional native practice, encouraged intermarriage between native people and the settlers, offering his own daughter and granddaughters as brides, in the hopes that both peoples would prosper. Included in this account are the treaty signings that would remove the natives from their historic lands, the roles of such figures as Governor Isaac Stevens, Chiefs Leschi and Patkanim, the Battle at Seattle that threatened the existence of the settlement, and the controversial Chief Seattle speech that haunts to this day the city that bears his name.

How long is Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name?

Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name by David M. Buerge is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name aloud.

What Reading Level is Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name?

Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name 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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