How Long to Read Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 29 minutes to read Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues by Marla J. Selvidge

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

Description

Take a trek back in time with Selvidge, as she explores what it was like to live in McCreary County, Kentucky before, during, and after the Great Depression. Meet Mary Gilreath Selvidge who left the mountains to find a good job in Detroit during WWII. Explore the life of Myrtle Gilreath Baird who makes a choice to stay in the mountains. Living apart, their love for each other never faded. Several family members allowed Selvidge to tape interviews with them. She also discovered scores of other oral accounts in the McCreary County Library that were taped during the mid-twentieth century. There were church-goers, miners, midwives, casket makers, hunters, and people who worked for the WPA and the CCC during the depression. Selvidge describes the hundred year old homestead that all the family descended upon during the first week of July every year. One of the most important traditions of the family was to visit the graves of those who passed on. One by one, as they explored the grave stones, stories of ancient ancestors were relived and appreciated. Walk with her as she examines iron horses, mines, one-room school houses, mountain churches, free blacks and coloreds, moonshine, violence, and sex on the mountain. Discover the secret of life everlasting in the valley and on the mountain top in McCreary County from a girl who had the Twelve Mile blues.

How long is Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues?

Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues by Marla J. Selvidge is 146 pages long, and a total of 37,376 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues aloud.

What Reading Level is Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues?

Life Everlasting and the Twelve Mile Blues is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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