How Long to Read Meat on the Bones

How Long Does it Take to Read Meat on the Bones?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Meat on the Bones by Barry J. Macdonald

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

Description

For nearly forty years, Barry MacDonald has sought and documented the genealogical bones of his ancestors. In that process, he has often gained insights into many of their personalities and actions. In this volume, MacDonald puts meat on the bones of five of his ancestors whose lives spanned parts of six centuries and two continents, yet remarkably, lived much of those lives no more than 100 miles apart in what is now Massachusetts. Highlighted are: June (Pennell) MacDonald, the author's indomitable mother; Percy Leon Covert, a veteran of the First World War; Samuel Haynes Jenks, a 19th-century newspaper publisher and politician on Nantucket Island; Richard Thayer, a land speculator in the 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony; and Stephen Hopkins, whose adventures took him to Bermuda in 1609, Jamestown in 1610, and New Plymouth with the Pilgrims in 1620. Their collective stories reveal many of the complex attributes of the human condition: altruism, perseverance, patriotism, ambition, materialism, and the eternal desire to search for what lies just over the horizon. In the final chapter, MacDonald discusses the enigma that surrounds his quest for those who bore his own family name in generations past. He concludes with a review of the genealogy that links his current-day family to the principal families portrayed in the book: Carr, Covert, Heaton, Jenks, MacDonald, Pennell, Thayer, Snow, and Wood. An index of names and places follows.

How long is Meat on the Bones?

Meat on the Bones by Barry J. Macdonald is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Meat on the Bones Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read Meat on the Bones aloud.

What Reading Level is Meat on the Bones?

Meat on the Bones 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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