It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy by Michael Smith
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On 17 March 1912, Lawrence ‘Titus’ Oates crawled bootless from a tent to his death in blizzard conditions of -40°C. Oates, always an outsider on Scott’s Polar expedition, died on his 32nd birthday. His parting words were: ‘I am just going outside and may be some time.’ Oates was the epitome of the Victorian English gentleman: a public schoolboy who became a dashing cavalry officer and hero in the Boer War. Stationed in Ireland from 1902 to 1906, his passion became horse racing and he won numerous victories at racecourses throughout Ireland. Oates’ austere and dominating mother blamed Scott...
I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy by Michael Smith is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.
This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy aloud.
I Am Just Going Outside: Captain Oates - Antarctic Tragedy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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