How Long to Read Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies

How Long Does it Take to Read Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies by Paul S. Sutter

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

Description

Providence Canyon State Park, also known as Georgia’s “Little Grand Canyon,” preserves a network of massive erosion gullies allegedly caused by poor farming practices during the nineteenth century. It is a park that protects the scenic results of an environmental disaster. While little known today, Providence Canyon enjoyed a modicum of fame in the 1930s. During that decade, local boosters attempted to have Providence Canyon protected as a national park, insisting that it was natural. At the same time, national and international soil experts and other environmental reformers used Providence Canyon as the apotheosis of human, and particularly southern, land abuse. Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies uses the unlikely story of Providence Canyon—and the 1930s contest over its origins and meaning—to recount the larger history of dramatic human-induced soil erosion across the South and to highlight the role that the region and its erosive agricultural history played in the rise of soil science and soil conservation in America. More than that, though, the book is a meditation on the ways in which our persistent mental habit of separating nature from culture has stunted our ability to appreciate places like Providence Canyon and to understand the larger history of American conservation.

How long is Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies by Paul S. Sutter is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies aloud.

What Reading Level is Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies?

Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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