It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Second Best by Ben Pobjie
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the poor souls lurking in the shadows of history, the ones who were just as remarkable but perhaps didn?t stick their chests out as they crossed the line? In Second Best, Australia?s foremost historian and comedian Ben Pobjie celebrates the nobility and altogether more fascinating stories of the silver-medal getters. What drove them on their incredible feats, why did they just miss out, and how did they cope with the oblivion of finishing second? From the Second Fleet, the second man on the moon and Australia?s...
Second Best by Ben Pobjie is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Second Best aloud.
Second Best is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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