It takes the average reader 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Goodbye, Darkness by William Manchester
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I...
Goodbye, Darkness by William Manchester is 416 pages long, and a total of 106,496 words.
This makes it 140% the length of the average book. It also has 130% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 41 minutes to read Goodbye, Darkness aloud.
Goodbye, Darkness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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