It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Prisons and Patriots by Cherstin Lyon
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of forty-one Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans), known as the Tucsonians, who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Cherstin Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi, well known for his legal battle against curfew and internment, who also resisted the draft. These dual stories highlight the intrinsic relationship between the rights and the obligations of citizenship, particularly salient in times of war. Lyon considers how wartime civil disobedience has been remembered...
Prisons and Patriots by Cherstin Lyon is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.
This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Prisons and Patriots aloud.
Prisons and Patriots is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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