It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Show Boat by Todd Decker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Show Boat: Performing Race in an American Musical tells the full story of the making and remaking of the most important musical in Broadway history. Drawing on exhaustive archival research and including much new information from early draft scripts and scores, this book reveals how Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern created Show Boat in the crucible of the Jazz Age to fit the talents of the show's original 1927 cast. After showing how major figures such as Paul Robeson and Helen Morgan defined the content of the show, the book goes on to detail how Show Boat was altered by later directors,...
Show Boat by Todd Decker is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Show Boat aloud.
Show Boat is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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