It takes the average reader 1 hour and 51 minutes to read Leaving Mississippi by Betty R. Dickson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
One month shy of her 13th birthday in 1952, the author watched as a portable electric chair was off-loaded from a huge flatbed truck and into the Simpson County courthouse. A Negro man who had killed a constable in 1951 was to be electrocuted that night. His wife, Martha Lee Durr, eight-months pregnant, was arrested, charged with accessory to murder. She lost the baby. She spent six months in the Simpson County jail before several Negro farmers posted bail for her to be released and reunited with her three children. Martha Lee was never tried in court. Upon release, she focused on getting...
Leaving Mississippi by Betty R. Dickson is 108 pages long, and a total of 27,864 words.
This makes it 36% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 32 minutes to read Leaving Mississippi aloud.
Leaving Mississippi is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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