How Long to Read Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere

By Poe Ballantine

How Long Does it Take to Read Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 33 minutes to read Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere by Poe Ballantine

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

Description

Fans of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" and John Berendt's "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" will embrace Poe Ballantine's "Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere." Poe Ballantine's "Free Rent at the Totalitarian Hotel" included in Best American Essays 2013, and for well over twenty years, Poe Ballantine traveled America, taking odd jobs, living in small rooms, trying to make a living as a writer. At age 46, he finally settled with his Mexican immigrant wife in Chadron, Nebraska, where they had a son who was red-flagged as autistic. Poe published four books about his experiences as a wanderer and his observations of America. But one day in 2006, his neighbor, Steven Haataja, a math professor from the local state college disappeared. Ninety five days later, the professor was found bound to a tree, burned to death in the hills behind the campus where he had taught. No one, law enforcement included, understood the circumstances. Poe had never contemplated writing mystery or true crime, but since he knew all the players, the suspects, the sheriff, the police involved, he and his kindergarten son set out to find out what might have happened.

How long is Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere?

Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere by Poe Ballantine is 326 pages long, and a total of 83,456 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 36 minutes to read Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere aloud.

What Reading Level is Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere?

Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere is suitable for students ages 12 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.

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