How Long to Read My Daddy's Blues

How Long Does it Take to Read My Daddy's Blues?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read My Daddy's Blues by Gregg Andrews

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

Description

Born near a dusty cement plant in the northeast Missouri village of Ilasco, close to Mark Twain Cave, Hannibal native Gregg Andrews draws on the voice of a child, the voice of a songwriter, and the voice of a historian to take readers on an intimate lyrical journey through the turbulent childhood of a white, rural, working-class boy in the 1950s and 60s. A tiny three-room house on the Mississippi River-a house that lacked indoor plumbing-provides the author's lookout perch on the American dream. Bottled up in that sweatbox house was a family of five struggling to cope with a father's alcoholism, war demons, crippling illness, and early death. My Daddy's Blues captures a riverbank childhood that despite its dark and dangerous aspects was rich in experience, grounded in strong family and community networks and guided by an incredibly strong mother. It was a childhood that fueled imagination, creativity, and a burning desire for education as an escape from the plant that helped send father and grandfather to early graves. An education that broke down walls of racism and parochialism.Set to a bluesy songwriter's rhythm and rhyme, the memoir celebrates belly laughs, storytelling, resilience, resistance, and triumph over adversity. It does not celebrate Tom Sawyer as the enduring symbol of Hannibal, Twain's boyhood home. Rather, it champions Huck Finn, who chose Hell over conventional morality, and it elevates the humanity of Jim and decries his bondage and its twisted legacies.

How long is My Daddy's Blues?

My Daddy's Blues by Gregg Andrews is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read My Daddy's Blues Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read My Daddy's Blues aloud.

What Reading Level is My Daddy's Blues?

My Daddy's Blues 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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