How Long to Read Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer
By Matthew Gavin Frank
How Long Does it Take to Read Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer?
It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank
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Description
Memory, mythology, and obsession collide in this “slyly charming” (New York Times Book Review) account of the giant squid. In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as Harvey’s story becomes spectacularly “slippery and many-armed” (NewYorker.com) as Matthew Gavin Frank winds his narrative tentacles around history, creative nonfiction, science, memoir, and meditations about the interrelated nature...
How long is Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer?
Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer by Matthew Gavin Frank 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.
How Long Does it Take to Read Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer aloud.
What Reading Level is Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer?
Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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