How Long to Read John Finerty Reports the Sioux War

How Long Does it Take to Read John Finerty Reports the Sioux War?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read John Finerty Reports the Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren

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

Description

In War-Path and Bivouac, published in 1890, John Finerty (1846-1908) recalled his summer following George Crook's infamous campaign against the Sioux in 1876. Historians have long surmised that Finerty's correspondence covering the campaign for the Chicago Times reappeared in its entirety in Finerty's celebrated book. But that turns out not to be the case, as readers will discover in this remarkable volume. In print at last, this collection of Finerty's letters and telegrams to his hometown newspaper, written from the field during Crook's campaign, conveys the full extent of the reporter's experience and observations during this time of great excitement and upheaval in the West. An introduction and annotations by Paul L. Hedren, a lifelong historian of the period, provide ample biographical and historical background for Finerty's account. Four times under fire, giving as well as he got, Finerty reported on the action with the immediacy of an unfolding wartime story. To his riveting dispatches on the Rosebud and Slim Buttes battles, this collection adds accounts of the lesser-known Sibley scout and the tortures of the campaign trail, penned by a keen-eyed newsman who rode at the front through virtually all of the action. Here, too, is an intimate look at the Black Hills gold rush and at principal towns like Deadwood and Custer City, captured in the earliest moments of their colorful history. Hedren's introduction places Finerty not only on the scene in Wyoming, Montana, and Dakota during the Indian campaign, but also in the context of battlefield journalism at a critical time in its evolution. Publication of this volume confirms John Finerty's outsize role in that historical moment.

How long is John Finerty Reports the Sioux War?

John Finerty Reports the Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read John Finerty Reports the Sioux War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read John Finerty Reports the Sioux War aloud.

What Reading Level is John Finerty Reports the Sioux War?

John Finerty Reports the Sioux War is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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