How Long to Read John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer

How Long Does it Take to Read John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 32 minutes to read John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer by Richard R. Johnson

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

Description

John Nelson was an entrepreneur born in the mid-seventeenth century--a man, in Richard Johnson's words, "operating ahead of the government and settled society from which he came," who "responded to conventions and conditions derived from several different and often competing cultures." For Nelson, this meant trading out of Boston to the French and Indians of Canada, pursuing his family's dreams of the proprietorship of Nova Scotia, and promoting schemes of espionage and military conquest on both sides of the Atlantic. In the course of a long and adventurous life, Nelson served as middleman between Canada and New England; led an uprising that toppled the royal government of Massachusetts in 1689; and passed years in French prisons, including the Bastille, and then at court in London as a player in the complex European diplomacy of the time. Nelson's career reveals in bold colors the political and economic pressures exerted upon colonial America by the expansion and bitter conflict of European empires--he himself complained of being "crusht between the two Crownes." Yet it also shows how one man fashioned a life as "spy, speculator, multinational merchant, memorialist, politician, prisoner, parent, friend, and gentleman." Gracefully written and widely researched, the book is both a fine example of the new Atlantic history and a vivid recounting of the fortunes of an exceptional individual.

How long is John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer?

John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer by Richard R. Johnson is 207 pages long, and a total of 53,199 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 50 minutes to read John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer aloud.

What Reading Level is John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer?

John Nelson, Merchant Adventurer is suitable for students ages 12 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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