It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle by Jack Santino
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
As service workers in a luxurious sleeping-car train system, Pullman porters had both the highest status in the black community and the lowest rank on the train. They were trapped in the dual roles of charming host and obedient servant, and their constant smiles--even in the face of unreasonable demands by white passengers--were part of the job requirement. Jack Santino's interviews with retired porters provide extensive firsthand accounts of their work, the job inequities they faced, the formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the aborted Pullman porter strike of 1928....
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle by Jack Santino is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.
This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle aloud.
Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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