It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Man-of-War Life by Charles Nordhoff
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Like many a restless teenager before him, Charles Nordhoff craved excitement and in 1844, when barely 14, he managed to talk his way into the US Navy. A bookish lad who had been apprenticed to a printer, Nordhoff was better educated than most of his fellow seamen, and was well equipped to describe what became a three-year round-the-world adventure. He was lucky in his ship, USS Columbus, a large 74-gun ship of the line that had been chosen to undertake a diplomatic mission to China, and then to Japan, in an abortive attempt to open the latter to American trade. In the course of this voyage,...
Man-of-War Life by Charles Nordhoff is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.
This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Man-of-War Life aloud.
Man-of-War Life is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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