How Long to Read Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels

How Long Does it Take to Read Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 22 minutes to read Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels by Edward S. Ellis

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The clear ring of an ax was echoing through the arches of a forest, three-quarters of a century ago; and an athletic man was swinging the instrument, burying its glittering blade deep in the heart of the mighty kings of the wood. Alfred Haverland was an American, who, a number of years before, had emigrated from the more settled provinces in the East, to this then remote spot in western New York. Here, in the vilderness, he had reared a humble home, and, with his loving partner, and a sister, laid the foundation for a settlement. True, this "settlement" was still small, consisting only of the persons mentioned, and a beautiful blue-eyed maiden, their daughter; but Haverland saw that the tide of emigration was rolling rapidly and surely to the west, and, ere many year, the villages and cities would take the place of the wild forest, while the Indians would be driven farther on toward the sitting sun. The woodman was a splendid specimen of "nature's noblemen." His heavy coat lay upon a log a short distance away, and his swelling, ponderous chest was covered only by a close-fitting under garment, with the collar thrown open, showing the glowing neck and heaving breast. Substantial pants met the strong moccains which encased his feet. A small raccoon-skin cap rested upon the back of his head, exposing his forehead, while his (lack hair swept around his shoulders. His features were regular and strongly marked. The brow was rather heavy, the nose of the Roman cast, and the eyes of a glittering blackness. So he stood with one foot thrust forward; his muscles, moving and ridging as they were called into play, betrayed their formidable strength. Still the flashing ax sank deeper and deeper into the oak's red heart, until it had gone clean through and met the breach upon the opposite side. Then the grand old forest king began to totter. ...Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 - June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.Internationally, Edward S. Ellis is probably known best for his Deerfoot novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.Dime novelsSeth Jones was the most significant of early dime novels of publishers Beadle and Adams. It is said that Seth Jones was one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite stories. During the mid-1880s, after a fiction-writing career of some thirty years, Ellis eventually began composing more serious works of biography, history, and persuasive writing. Of note was "The Life of Colonel David Crockett," which had the story of Davy Crockett giving a speech usually called "Not Yours To Give." It was a speech in opposition to awarding money to a Navy widow on the grounds that Congress had no Constitutional mandate to give charity. It was said to have been inspired by Crockett's meeting with a Horatio Bunce, a much quoted man in Libertarian circles, but one for whom historical evidence is non-existent....

How long is Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels?

Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels by Edward S. Ellis is 82 pages long, and a total of 20,664 words.

This makes it 28% the length of the average book. It also has 25% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 52 minutes to read Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels aloud.

What Reading Level is Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels?

Seth Jones, Or, the Captives of the Frontier (1861): Seth Jones Was the Most Significant of Early Dime Novels is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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