It takes the average reader 3 hours and 10 minutes to read Mayday Over Wichita by D. W. Carter
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The little-known story of a major catastrophe in a 1960s African American community: A “commendable, if unsettling, account.” —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Simple Justice On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people—mostly African American children—were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As...
Mayday Over Wichita by D. W. Carter is 190 pages long, and a total of 47,500 words.
This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 58% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 19 minutes to read Mayday Over Wichita aloud.
Mayday Over Wichita 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.
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