It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel by Julia Keller
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A provocative look at the life and times of the man who created the original weapon of mass destruction Drawing on her investigative and literary talents, Julia Keller offers a riveting account of the invention of the world's first working machine gun. Through her portrait of its misunderstood creator, Richard Jordan Gatling-who naively hoped that the overwhelming effectiveness of a multiple-firing weapon would save lives by decreasing the size of armies and reducing the number of soldiers needed to fight-Keller draws profound parallels to the scientists who would unleash America's atomic...
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel by Julia Keller is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel aloud.
Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel 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.
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