How Long to Read Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer by William Henry Cook

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

Description

William H. Cook, of the village of Ticonderoga, exemplified the strong, high-minded farmer of the nineteenth century. Devoted to his only son, Joseph, William's one consuming desire was to see that this boy should have an education with the best. Although it meant years of financial sacrifices for the old farmer, Joseph was sent to the finest schools: Phillips Andover, Yale, Harvard, and universities in Germany.After twenty years of education, Joseph became famous as the "Boston Monday Lecturer," whose talks on subjects ranging from theology and science to current events and world history attracted thousands of listeners every week and were reprinted in newspapers around the world. His lecture tours took him around the world and his books became bestsellers in their day. After leaving home at the age of thirteen, Joseph only returned to Ticonderoga infrequently. But father and son kept in close touch by letter over a thirty-year period.In Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer (first published by Cornell in 1946), Frederick G. Bascom has made selections from their correspondence between 1851 and 1885, which together present a delightful running narrative of both William's day-to-day life in nineteenth-century upstate New York, revealing a shrewd yet generous nature and a homely genius, and Joseph's experiences in higher education and as a celebrity. Letters from Joseph's mother to her son, though fewer in number, round out the portrait of both farm and family life in this period.Introduced and lightly annotated by Bascom, these letters continue to offer useful and charming insights into the social history of upstate New York, from economic and industrial developments to local politics and religious controversies, as well as offering much human interest and considerable local color.

How long is Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer?

Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer by William Henry Cook is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer?

Letters of a Ticonderoga Farmer is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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