It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
One of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Hall's forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis's story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world. Dock's keen vision, filtered through Hall's extraordinary voice, shows us the hardships and problems of the thinking athlete in an unthinking world.
Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball by Donald Hall 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball aloud.
Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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