How Long to Read Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley by Thomas Allen

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

Description

This book begins with reminiscences of growing up on a fruit ranch (apricots, prunes, peaches, and walnuts) in the Santa Clara Valley, now commonly called Silicon Valley. Our 28-acre ranch was located between Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, with a Cupertino address. I was the youngest of five children. As I got older I progressed through the various ranch chores, from cutting apricots and picking prunes off the ground, to picking apricots and peaches from a ladder, and dipping prunes before they were set out on trays to dry in the sun. Other jobs included irrigating, driving the tractor and truck, and setting out smudge pots ahead of an expected frost. My education was at Jefferson Elementary School on Lawrence Road, Santa Clara High School, and the University of California, Berkeley.Having gone through the Naval ROTC program at Berkeley, when I graduated in February, 1944, with a degree in Chemistry, I also received a commission as an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve. I volunteered for submarine duty, and following Submarine School I was ordered to duty on the U. S. S. Bluefish, on which I completed three successful war patrols. While at Submarine School I married Patricia Powers, whom I had met at the beginning of my senior year at Berkeley. The book ends when the Navy released me to inactive duty in February, 1946, and I began graduate studies in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.

How long is Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley?

Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley by Thomas Allen is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley aloud.

What Reading Level is Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley?

Growing Up in the Santa Clara Valley 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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