It takes the average reader 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Scalpel by Horace McCoy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Returning home in the wake of his brother’s death, a successful man must grapple with his coal-town roots For four generations, Colonel Tom Owen’s family has been defined by the coal business. Having pulled himself out of the mines and through college, Tom is now a celebrated army surgeon who served in Europe under General Patton. But when his younger brother dies in a mine accident, he returns to their hometown of Coalville, Pennsylvania, where he confronts his grieving mother and learns the real cause of his brother’s death. Tom resents the coalmines, and his new medical practice is...
Scalpel by Horace McCoy is 371 pages long, and a total of 93,121 words.
This makes it 125% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read Scalpel aloud.
Scalpel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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