How Long to Read Jesse's Hound

How Long Does it Take to Read Jesse's Hound?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 7 minutes to read Jesse's Hound by Robert McKinnon

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

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09/18/2015 Review Rating: 5 stars!Reviewed By Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' FavoriteWith a name like Jesse, you would think the character might be something awe-inspiring like the great Jesse James. This Jesse, however, is a High School senior, who has to walk his greyhound albino dog in the early hours of the morning, only to get yelled at when his dog does his business on a neighbor's prize rose bush and instantly kills it. This same Jesse has to make a run for it when he realizes that the angered rose bush owner really did call the police and the dog pound. And, this same Jesse ends up climbing into a car, with his dog, driven by a student from his school, a girl who had been expelled because she showed up in class stark naked (and yes, she's driving the car stark naked). But what could the boy do? He was trapped with police cars and the dog pound truck. Jesse had to get his dog, Pharaoh, to the track for his first day of training. Pharaoh, you see, was bred to be a greyhound racer.Maddog, the trainer, meets Jesse at the track, notices the naked young lady driving his get-away car and also notices that Jesse is still in his pajamas. What else would a boy be wearing to take his dog outside to do his business in the wee hours of the morning? The riotous events continue when the other trainers tease Pharaoh about his pink eyes and Jesse's other pet, a bald eagle, appears from the skies above, carrying in its beak, no less, a rotting, several-day-old fish of unknown origin.I loved Jesse's Hound by Robert Scott McKinnon from beginning to end. Just when I thought I was going to read another dog story, I realized that I had become immersed in a dog's slapstick comedy of errors. This is a hilarious tale of a comedic hound, an albino greyhound, who runs like a jackrabbit in front of the bait instead of behind it like the other greyhounds, and his equally comedic owners (who were really quite 'nuts' as the trainer, Maddog, decided rather belatedly on his ill-fated fishing trip with the owners and their dog). A very entertaining tale. Hilarious. A real pleasure to read. --------------------------------Jesse's Hound.Robert Scott McKinnon has been writing about dog racing, the dogs and the folks who raise and train them, writing extensively about the Greyhound adoption movement, adopting a retired racer before adoptions became fashionable. The McKinnons were part of the old days, when the purse structure was so bad the winning kennel went broke and many so broke they couldn't afford to stay in town nor could they afford to leave town, an unfortunate circumstance, and a lot of dogs, and owners, paid for the privilege.Bob and Suzy McKinnon a.k.a. Maddog McDermutt and Little Elsie, ran kennels in Ebro, Florida and Black Hills, South Dakota. They have visited Greyhound tracks and Greyhound farms in New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia, England, Wales, Scotland, Mexico, Canada, and almost all the tracks in the United States, taken thousands of pictures and published hundreds of stories. They have produced three special magazines for the Iowa Greyhound Association: Travels with Jones, From Cairo to Iowa, on the Trail of the Racing Greyhound, and The Sport of Queens, and manned the Iowa Greyhound Association's state fair booth three years running with their adopted dog Jones. Additionally, the McKinnons cooked up two different ten minute film productions for over-and-over showings at the Iowa Greyhound fair booth.Jesse's Hound is a satirical romp from start to finish, back in the very early 60's, about a leased Greyhound, a pet eagle, and all the old gang, Fleas, Hugh, Ben, Stan, Mangy, Little Elsie, at the old Great Falls Glacier Greyhound Park.Maddog has been heard to say: "It's the dog, stupid."Actually, according to Fleas Finnegan, Maddog has been heard to say a lot of things.Jesse's Hound was published in nine consecutive installments of The Greyhound Review, issues March '95 to November '95.

How long is Jesse's Hound?

Jesse's Hound by Robert McKinnon is 66 pages long, and a total of 16,896 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jesse's Hound Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 32 minutes to read Jesse's Hound aloud.

What Reading Level is Jesse's Hound?

Jesse's Hound is suitable for students ages 8 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.

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