How Long to Read Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century

How Long Does it Take to Read Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century by Andrew Wender Cohen

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

Description

How skirting the law once defined America’s relation to the world. In the frigid winter of 1875, Charles L. Lawrence made international headlines when he was arrested for smuggling silk worth $60 million into the United States. An intimate of Boss Tweed, gloriously dubbed “The Prince of Smugglers,” and the head of a network spanning four continents and lasting half a decade, Lawrence scandalized a nation whose founders themselves had once dabbled in contraband. Since the Revolution itself, smuggling had tested the patriotism of the American people. Distrusting foreign goods, Congress...

How long is Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century?

Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century by Andrew Wender Cohen 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 Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century aloud.

What Reading Level is Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century?

Contraband: Smuggling and the Birth of the American Century is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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