It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Jaguar of Sweet Laughter by Diane Ackerman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist. Ackermans's Olympian vision records and transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being—the "jaguar of sweet...
Jaguar of Sweet Laughter by Diane Ackerman is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Jaguar of Sweet Laughter aloud.
Jaguar of Sweet Laughter is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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