How Long to Read Speaking Yiddish to Chickens

How Long Does it Take to Read Speaking Yiddish to Chickens?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read Speaking Yiddish to Chickens by Seth Stern

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

Description

Most of the roughly 140,000 Holocaust survivors who came to the United States in the first decade after World War II settled in big cities such as New York. But a few thousand chose an alternative way of life on American farms. More of these accidental farmers wound up raising chickens in southern New Jersey than anywhere else. Speaking Yiddish to Chickens is the first book to chronicle this little-known chapter in American Jewish history when these mostly Eastern European refugees – including the author’s grandparents - found an unlikely refuge and gateway to new lives in the US on poultry farms. They gravitated to a section of south Jersey anchored by Vineland, a small rural city where previous waves of Jewish immigrants had built a rich network of cultural and religious institutions. This book relies on interviews with dozens of these refugee farmers and their children, as well as oral histories and archival records to tell how they learned to farm while coping with unimaginable grief. They built small synagogues within walking distance of their farms and hosted Yiddish cultural events more frequently found on the Lower East Side than perhaps anywhere else in rural America at the time. Like refugees today, they embraced their new American identities and enriched the community where they settled, working hard in unfamiliar jobs for often meager returns. Within a decade, falling egg prices and the rise of industrial-scale agriculture in the South would drive almost all of these novice poultry farmers out of business, many into bankruptcy. Some hated every minute here; others would remember their time on south Jersey farms as their best years in America. They enjoyed a quieter way of life and more space for themselves and their children than in the crowded New York City apartments where so many displaced persons settled. This is their remarkable story of loss, renewal, and perseverance in the most unexpected of settings. Author Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/YiddishtoChickens)

How long is Speaking Yiddish to Chickens?

Speaking Yiddish to Chickens by Seth Stern is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Speaking Yiddish to Chickens Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read Speaking Yiddish to Chickens aloud.

What Reading Level is Speaking Yiddish to Chickens?

Speaking Yiddish to Chickens 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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