It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Gunboat on the Yangtze by Glenn F. Howell
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Captain Glenn F. Howell kept a detailed account of his activities in China for 62 years. His journals now make up 202 leather-bound volumes--one of the largest sources in existence, perhaps the largest, of servicemen's observations of service in China during that country's struggle to oust one power and come to grips with a new one between World War I and II. This work presents Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. First comes a biography of Howell, an overview of Chinese history from 1800 to...
Gunboat on the Yangtze by Glenn F. Howell is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.
This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read Gunboat on the Yangtze aloud.
Gunboat on the Yangtze is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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