How Long to Read Heartbeats in the Muck

How Long Does it Take to Read Heartbeats in the Muck?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Heartbeats in the Muck by John Waldman

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

Description

“Gives the reader a sense of lost New York, of the incredibly rich and biologically diverse ecosystem that once was the lower Hudson River estuary.” —Ted Steinberg, author of Gotham Unbound Heartbeats in the Muck traces the incredible arc of New York Harbor’s environmental history. Once a pristine estuary bristling with oysters and striped bass and visited by sharks, porpoises, and seals, the harbor has been marked by centuries of rampant industrialization and degradation of its natural environment. Garbage dumping, oil spills, sewage sludge, pesticides, heavy metals, poisonous PCBs, landfills, and dredging greatly diminished life in the harbor, in some places to nil. Now, forty years after the Clean Water Act began to resurrect New York Harbor, John Waldman delivers a new edition of his New York Society Library Award-winning book. Heartbeats in the Muck is a lively, accessible narrative of the animals, water quality, and habitats of the harbor. It includes captivating personal accounts of the author’s explorations of its farthest and most noteworthy reaches, treating readers to an intimate environmental tour of a shad camp near the George Washington Bridge, the Arthur Kill (home of the resurgent heron colonies), the Hackensack Meadowlands, the darkness under a giant Manhattan pier, and the famously polluted Gowanus Canal. A new epilogue details some of the remarkable changes that have come upon New York Harbor in recent years. “Full of humor and a picaresque joy in the almost absurd persistence of Gotham’s underwater ecosystems, Heartbeats should be read by every urbanite who dreams of a better relationship with nature.” —Paul Greenberg, New York Times-bestselling author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

How long is Heartbeats in the Muck?

Heartbeats in the Muck by John Waldman is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Heartbeats in the Muck Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Heartbeats in the Muck aloud.

What Reading Level is Heartbeats in the Muck?

Heartbeats in the Muck 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Heartbeats in the Muck?

Heartbeats in the Muck by John Waldman is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Heartbeats in the Muck by John Waldman on Amazon click the button below.