How Long to Read Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West

By John Taliaferro

How Long Does it Take to Read Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 36 minutes to read Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro

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

Description

Before Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell—the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation. George Bird Grinnell, the son of a New York merchant, saw a different future for a nation in the thrall of the Industrial Age. With railroads scarring virgin lands and the formerly vast buffalo herds decimated, the country faced a crossroads: Could it pursue Manifest Destiny without destroying its natural bounty and beauty? The alarm that Grinnell sounded would spark America’s conservation movement. Yet today his name has been forgotten—an omission that John...

How long is Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West?

Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro is 512 pages long, and a total of 129,024 words.

This makes it 173% the length of the average book. It also has 158% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 45 minutes to read Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West aloud.

What Reading Level is Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West?

Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West 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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