How Long to Read R. E. Lee: A Biography

How Long Does it Take to Read R. E. Lee: A Biography?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 40 minutes to read R. E. Lee: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman

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

Description

Following the immediate critical success of Lee’s Dispatches, author Douglas Southall Freeman was approached by New York publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons and invited to write a biography of Robert E. Lee. He accepted, and his research of Lee was exhaustive: he evaluated and cataloged every item about Lee, and reviewed records at West Point, the War Department, and material in private collections. In narrating the general’s Civil War years, he used what came to be known as the “fog of war” technique—providing readers only the limited information that Lee himself had at a given moment. This...

How long is R. E. Lee: A Biography?

R. E. Lee: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman is 633 pages long, and a total of 160,149 words.

This makes it 214% the length of the average book. It also has 196% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read R. E. Lee: A Biography Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 35 minutes to read R. E. Lee: A Biography aloud.

What Reading Level is R. E. Lee: A Biography?

R. E. Lee: A Biography 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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