It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read Lightnin' Hopkins by Alan Govenar
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Based on scores of interviews with the artist's relatives, friends, lovers, producers, accompanists, managers, and fans, this brilliant biography reveals a man of many layers and contradictions. Following the journey of a musician who left his family's poor cotton farm at age eight carrying only a guitar, the book chronicles his life on the open road playing blues music and doing odd jobs. It debunks the myths surrounding his meetings with Blind Lemon Jefferson and Texas Alexander, his time on a chain gang, his relationships with women, and his lifelong appetite for gambling and drinking....
Lightnin' Hopkins by Alan Govenar is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read Lightnin' Hopkins aloud.
Lightnin' Hopkins is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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