It takes the average reader 14 hours and 37 minutes to read Mao by Philip Short
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
One of the great figures of the twentieth century, Chairman Mao looms irrepressibly over the economic rise of China. Mao Zedong was the leader of a revolution, a communist who lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, an aggressive and distrustful leader, and a man responsible for more civilian deaths than perhaps any other historical figure. Now, four decades after Mao's death, acclaimed biographer Philip Short presents a fully updated and revised edition of his ground-breaking and masterly biography. Vivid, uncompromising and unflinching, Short presents in one-volume the man behind the...
Mao by Philip Short is 864 pages long, and a total of 219,456 words.
This makes it 292% the length of the average book. It also has 268% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 19 hours and 59 minutes to read Mao aloud.
Mao is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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