It takes the average reader 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke's wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and supplemented by his literary executor, gives us the very best of these legendary broadcasts. Over half have never appeared in print before. It is a remarkable portrait of a continent - and a man.
Letter from America by Alistair Cooke is 560 pages long, and a total of 140,000 words.
This makes it 189% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 45 minutes to read Letter from America aloud.
Letter from America is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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