How Long to Read Smelter Wars

How Long Does it Take to Read Smelter Wars?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Smelter Wars by Ron Verzuh

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

Description

In 1938, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) sent communist union organizer Arthur "Slim" Evans to the smelter city of Trail, British Columbia, to establish Local 480 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Six years later the local was recognized as the legal representative of more than 5,000 workers at a smelter owned by the powerful Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada. But the union’s fight for survival had only just begun. Smelter Wars unfolds that historic struggle, offering glimpses into the political, social, and cultural life of the semi-rural, single-industry community. Hindered by economic depression, two World Wars, and Cold War intolerance, Local 480 faced fierce corporate, media, and religious opposition at home. Ron Verzuh draws upon archival and periodical sources, including the mainstream and labour press, secret police records, and oral histories, to explore the CIO’s complicated legacy in Trail as it battled a wide range of antagonists: a powerful employer, a company union, local conservative citizens, and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) leadership. More than the history of a union, Smelter Wars is a cultural study of a community shaped by the dominance of a world-leading industrial juggernaut set on keeping the union drive at bay.

How long is Smelter Wars?

Smelter Wars by Ron Verzuh is 394 pages long, and a total of 100,076 words.

This makes it 133% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Smelter Wars Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Smelter Wars aloud.

What Reading Level is Smelter Wars?

Smelter Wars 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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