How Long to Read Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch

How Long Does it Take to Read Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch by Stephen W. Reiss

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

Description

Reiss Family Books Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch is the first of four books about the extended Reiss and Basler families who settled on a small farm in St. Clair County, Illinois in 1834 and 1839, respectively. This first book is the daily diary of third generation Katie Reiss covering 1949 through 1953. It is published first to give the reader a feel for life on the Reiss Family Farm in the German heritage of southern Illinois. Katie and husband George Reiss doubled the original Reiss/Basler farm to its current 360 acres. Relatives gathered in June 2009 to celebrate 175 years of the Reiss Family Farm. The second book, It Takes A Matriarch, includes 780 letters saved by first generation Margaret Basler Reiss Ebert from 1852 to 1888. Some letters were phonetic English but most had to be translated from old German. Authors were Margarets siblings andspouses, her children andspouses, her grandchildren, and two friends. They mention serving in the Civil War, a friendship with John Wilkes Booth, life in St. Louis and Sacramento and Davenport, and the lost family fortune. The third book, The Reiss Dairy, is a history of the Reiss Dairy in Sikeston, Missouri which was founded in 1935 by third generation John Reiss. They are famous for milk bottles featuring poems created by Sikeston citizens to promote Reiss Dairy products. The best bottles sell on eBay for over $200. The fourth book, Family, Farming, and Freedom, is 55 years of professional and personal writings by fourth generation Irv Reiss from 1949 to 2004. His favorite subjects were family fun and travel, restoring strip mined coal lands to productive farms, promoting individual freedoms and responsibilities. He was my dad.

How long is Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch?

Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch by Stephen W. Reiss is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch aloud.

What Reading Level is Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch?

Quilter, Granger, Grandma, Matriarch 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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