How Long to Read Collector Without Walls

How Long Does it Take to Read Collector Without Walls?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Collector Without Walls by Sara Campbell Abdo

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

Description

"The greatest painting collection in the Western United States" was the Los Angeles Times Magazine's accolade for the Norton Simon Museum, a stunning group of masterpieces assembled by one man in the brief span of thirty-five years. -- A brilliant businessman with a keen mind and remarkable instincts, Norton Simon built a consumer conglomerate that included Hunt-Wesson Foods, McCall Publishing, Canada Dry Corporation, May Factor cosmetics, and Avis Car Rental, When his interests turned to art, he used his business acumen, inquisitive intellect, and aggressive style to pursue and purchase more than 8,000 works of art, For Hunt Foods, Norton Simon adopted the advertising slogan, "Hunt for the Best". The catchphrase also came to symbolize Simon's zealous pursuit of impeccable artworks as he built one of the greatest art collections of the twentieth century. -- Collector Without Wall is a concise and complete illustrated history of Norton Simon's odyssey, Chronicling his acquisitions from his first $300 purchase through more than 1700 separate transactions. The reader glimpses Simon's intriguing and charismatic personality and gains insight into the collector and his collection. A fully-illustrated catalogue of all of Simon's acquisitions and deaccessions provides an invaluable tool for scholars. -- The book draws from the extensive Norton Simon Museum archives and dozens of interviews with his friends, colleagues, art dealers, and museum professionals, as well as unpublished conversations with, and writings by, Norton Simon. --Book Jacket.

How long is Collector Without Walls?

Collector Without Walls by Sara Campbell Abdo is 494 pages long, and a total of 125,476 words.

This makes it 167% the length of the average book. It also has 153% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Collector Without Walls Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 25 minutes to read Collector Without Walls aloud.

What Reading Level is Collector Without Walls?

Collector Without Walls 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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