It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read Richard Dyer-Bennet by Paul Jenkins
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In the 1940s and '50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for the first time, the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the "Twentieth-Century Minstrel." Dyer-Bennet's approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet's inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander's...
Richard Dyer-Bennet by Paul Jenkins 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.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Richard Dyer-Bennet aloud.
Richard Dyer-Bennet is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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