It takes the average reader 3 hours and 12 minutes to read Every Home a Distillery by Sarah H. Meacham
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In this original examination of alcohol production in early America, Sarah Hand Meacham uncovers the crucial role women played in cidering and distilling in the colonial Chesapeake. Her fascinating story is one defined by gender, class, technology, and changing patterns of production. Alcohol was essential to colonial life; the region’s water was foul, milk was generally unavailable, and tea and coffee were far too expensive for all but the very wealthy. Colonists used alcohol to drink, in cooking, as a cleaning agent, in beauty products, and as medicine. Meacham finds that the distillation...
Every Home a Distillery by Sarah H. Meacham is 187 pages long, and a total of 48,059 words.
This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Every Home a Distillery aloud.
Every Home a Distillery is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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