It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Republic of Detours by Scott Borchert
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An immersive account of the New Deal project that created state-by-state guidebooks to America, in the midst of the Great Depression—and employed some of the biggest names in American letters The plan was as idealistic as it was audacious—and utterly unprecedented. Take thousands of hard-up writers and put them to work charting a country on the brink of social and economic collapse, with the aim of producing a series of guidebooks to the then forty-eight states—along with hundreds of other publications dedicated to cities, regions, and towns—while...
Republic of Detours by Scott Borchert is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Republic of Detours aloud.
Republic of Detours is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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