It takes the average reader 9 hours and 32 minutes to read In Pursuit of Leviathan by Lance E. Davis
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In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified...
In Pursuit of Leviathan by Lance E. Davis is 557 pages long, and a total of 143,149 words.
This makes it 188% the length of the average book. It also has 175% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 2 minutes to read In Pursuit of Leviathan aloud.
In Pursuit of Leviathan is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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