It takes the average reader 1 hour and 38 minutes to read Son of a Highlander by Alistair MacLeod
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Son of a Highlander is the true story of the author, a third-generation Australian of Scottish Highland descent discovering his ancestral history over eight generations, from father to son. This is a search for authenticity of a verbal story handed down over a two-hundred-year period, along with a 1797 penny and a collection of photos and correspondence that are one hundred years old, which were from his late grandfather’s old tattered leather case. The author descended from the Clan MacLeod—Clan meaning “Children in Scottish Gaelic,” Mac meaning “son in Gaelic,” and the Leod derived from the...
Son of a Highlander by Alistair MacLeod is 96 pages long, and a total of 24,576 words.
This makes it 32% the length of the average book. It also has 30% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Son of a Highlander aloud.
Son of a Highlander is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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