How Long to Read Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial

How Long Does it Take to Read Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 5 minutes to read Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial by Linda Booth Sweeney

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

Description

When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, fifteen-year-old Dan French had no way to know that one day his tribute to the great president would transform a plot of Washington, DC marshland into America’s gathering place. He did not even know that a sculptor was something to be. He only knew that he liked making things with his hands. This is the story of how a farmboy became America’s foremost sculptor. After failing at academics, Dan was working the family farm when he idly carved a turnip into a frog and discovered what he was meant to do. Sweeney’s swift prose and Fields’s evocative illustrations capture the single-minded determination with which Dan taught himself to sculpt and launched his career with the famous Minuteman Statue in his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. This is also the story of the Lincoln Memorial, French’s culminating masterpiece. Thanks to this lovingly created tribute to the towering leader of Dan’s youth, Abraham Lincoln lives on as the man of marble, his craggy face and careworn gaze reminding millions of seekers what America can be. Dan’s statue is no lifeless figure, but a powerful, vital touchstone of a nation’s ideals. Now Dan French has his tribute too, in this exquisite biography that brings history to life for young readers.

How long is Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial?

Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial by Linda Booth Sweeney is 64 pages long, and a total of 16,256 words.

This makes it 22% the length of the average book. It also has 20% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 28 minutes to read Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial aloud.

What Reading Level is Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial?

Monument Maker: Daniel Chester French and the Lincoln Memorial is suitable for students ages 8 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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