It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns by Wilborn R. Hampton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The astonishing story of a cub reporter who was there on the day that the President died. On November 22, 1963, the phone rang in the Dallas U.P.I. office. Wilborn Hampton, a cub reporter, answered and heard these words: "Three shots fired!" It was the voice of the U.P.I. White House reporter. The gunshots had been fired at President Kennedy—and young Hampton was the first to receive the news. This is his story, a riveting account of a young man swept into the white-hot core of a tragedy that would shake the world. It is also a minute-by-minute chronicle of how reporters collected the facts of the major news story of the twentieth century. Kennedy Assassinated! will leave readers with an unforgettable sense of the shock, grief, and enduring loss that every American experienced that day. Back matter includes a bibliography and an index.
Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns by Wilborn R. Hampton is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.
This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns aloud.
Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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