How Long to Read Sleeping with the Ancestors

How Long Does it Take to Read Sleeping with the Ancestors?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Sleeping with the Ancestors by Joseph McGill Jr.

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America. Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea that was sparked and first developed in 1999. Since founding the project, McGill has been touring the country, spending the night in former slave dwellings—throughout the South, but also the North and the West, where people are often surprised to learn that such structures exist. Events and gatherings are arranged around these overnight stays, and it provides a unique way to understand the often otherwise obscured and distorted history of slavery. The project has inspired difficult conversations about race in communities from South Carolina to Alabama to Texas to Minnesota to New York, and all over the United States. Sleeping with the Ancestors focuses on all of the key sites McGill has visited in his ongoing project and digs deeper into the actual history of each location, using McGill’s own experience and conversations with the community to enhance those original stories. Altogether, McGill and coauthor Herb Frazier give readers an important unexpected emersion into the history of slavery, and especially the obscured and ignored aspects of that history.

How long is Sleeping with the Ancestors?

Sleeping with the Ancestors by Joseph McGill Jr. 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.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sleeping with the Ancestors Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Sleeping with the Ancestors aloud.

What Reading Level is Sleeping with the Ancestors?

Sleeping with the Ancestors is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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