How Long to Read Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks

How Long Does it Take to Read Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 32 minutes to read Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks by Reuben T. Durrett

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Description

A bloody episode of the Kentucky border By 1782 the American War of Independence was all but coming to its close and with it the birth of a new nation and the loss of an important colony for the British. The frontier settlements of Kentucky lay at the farthest reaches of European expansion, far away from the principal towns and cities of the established states, on the eastern seaboard of the continent. This was the frontier of its day where isolated farms, stockades, forts and villages were constantly in peril of attack by Indian tribes, their white allies and the British. Bryan's Station (sometimes called Bryant's Station) was a fortified settlement of forty cabins founded in 1775 on the Elkhorn Creek. It withstood attack on several occasions but in 1782, ten months after Cornwallis had surrendered at Yorktown, it came under siege by Canadian British forces under Caldwell, the renegade Simon Girty and 300 Shawnee Indians. The event was notable for an outstanding feat of bravery by the women of the settlement-which is of course recounted here in detail. When the besiegers discovered that relief was on its way in the form of the local militia they withdrew. After a pursuit of some 60 miles the British and their allies turned and lay in ambush. The combat that followed, known as the Battle of Blue Licks was disastrous for the Americans who lost 83 killed or captured for negligible loss among their enemy. Despite warnings from the veteran frontiersman Daniel Boone, who was with them, the militia blundered into the ambush losing nearly half their number including Boone's son, Israel, and the expedition's commanders, Todd and Trigg. Boone barely escaped on horseback, abandoning the body of his son who was mortally wounded in the neck. The engagement, the worse defeat suffered by Kentuckians during the war effectively ended the conflict in the east. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

How long is Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks?

Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks by Reuben T. Durrett is 148 pages long, and a total of 38,184 words.

This makes it 50% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 28 minutes to read Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks aloud.

What Reading Level is Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks?

Siege of Bryan's Station and the Battle of Blue Licks is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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