It takes the average reader 2 hours and 10 minutes to read Kirkwood by Vicki Berger Erwin for the Kirkwood Public Library
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In St. Louis in the 1850s, citizens were tiring of the crowded and unhealthy conditions of urban living, but there were few convenient alternatives for those who worked in the city. When the Pacific Railroad decided to build a line through an outlying area then known as Collins Station, Hiram Leffingwell and Richard Elliott seized an opportunity and bought the surrounding land. Using Leffingwell's experience in planning additions to the city, he and Elliott developed the first planned suburban community west of the Mississippi River. The area was named Kirkwood after the chief engineer for...
Kirkwood by Vicki Berger Erwin for the Kirkwood Public Library is 130 pages long, and a total of 32,500 words.
This makes it 44% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 57 minutes to read Kirkwood aloud.
Kirkwood is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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