How Long to Read Precious Cargo

How Long Does it Take to Read Precious Cargo?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 58 minutes to read Precious Cargo by Richard W. Bailey

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

Description

Burton's War, A World War II Trilogy: Precious Cargo, Daring to Resist, and The Cost of FreedomPrecious Cargo takes place after two monumental world events: World War One, "The War to End all Wars," a worldwide catastrophe fought on an unprecedented scale. Then, The Great Depression, probably the worst socio-economic disaster in modern history,History refers to the brief post-depression period, shaped by these two major previous events, as the "Prewar Years," anticipating the main event, World War II. Powerful isolationist influences at that time in the US, forced vital war preparations, between the US and its Trans-Atlantic Allies, to be conducted on a deniable, sub-rosa basis. Nevertheless, plans could be accomplished by creative undercover operatives acting boldly but carefully as they operate between cloudy constraints and deadly Nazi espionage. Jim Burton and his family, pose as tourists exploring Europe, while he works, undercover, for the US War Department to forge secret arms agreements with France and Great Britain, just before the European war breaks out when Germany attacks Poland.His old friend and partner in the undercover operation, Jonathan Priest, Deputy Ambassador with the American Embassy in London, links the US State Department and American military intelligence.Together they create indispensable avenues beginning the flow of American assistance to the Allies that will widen unfettered supplying their survival needs, as they face the merciless full force of Hitler's Nazi war machine. The precious cargo of military secrets they carry back to America draws a major response from the Nazi spy ring.Nazi espionage confronts them at every turn, endangering their mission, their lives, and the lives of their families. Unpredictable attacks by Nazi spies demand careful counter-espionage planning and sheer luck in this deadly game of cat and mouse.This is a story of real people, tracking how they cope and grow, swept into a war they did not seek and might not survive. The Burton and Priest families gather more allies along the way, Clara, a remarkable Jewish refugee who had escaped Berlin with her family, Henri, a promising young Frenchman, on his way to finishing his education at Harvard, in the US, and a coterie of British military intelligence men who become instrumental in their mission.The second volume, "Daring to Resist", continues the story of our young Frenchman, Henri Martinon who feels compelled to leave Harvard to join the French Resistance after an anguished academic year watching from afar, as his beloved France goes down in ignominious defeat by the Nazis.Henri's daring British SOE, (Strategic Operations Executive), combined French Resistance assignment in Northern France renders hope for his survival, very unlikely.The third volume, "The Cost of Freedom", encounters an already battered Henri as he takes on a new role for SOE as training leader in the new OSS, American intelligence operation, at Catoctin, near Washington, D.C., enabling him to spend rare moments with his love, Clara, the Jewish refugee he has known and loved since early childhood. After completing his training assignment he drops into occupied Normandy to coordinate SOE/OSS/Resistance operations for the Cotentin peninsula, in preparation for the D-Day, Utah Beach invasion and then joins in the bloody battles leading to the capture of Cherbourg.

How long is Precious Cargo?

Precious Cargo by Richard W. Bailey is 294 pages long, and a total of 74,676 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Precious Cargo Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Precious Cargo aloud.

What Reading Level is Precious Cargo?

Precious Cargo is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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