How Long to Read Spreading the Gospel of Books

How Long Does it Take to Read Spreading the Gospel of Books?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Spreading the Gospel of Books by Florence M. Jumonville

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

Description

In 1925, Essae Martha Culver, a California librarian, arrived in Louisiana to direct a three-year project funded by the Carnegie Corporation that aimed to introduce public libraries to rural populations. Culver purchased a round-trip ticket, but she never used the second half. Instead, she stayed in Louisiana the rest of her life, working tirelessly to see libraries established in every parish by 1969. In Spreading the Gospel of Books, Florence M. Jumonville chronicles the impressive, colorful history of Louisiana parish libraries and the State Library of Louisiana. She draws upon Culver’s journals and library reports, in addition to correspondence, scrapbooks, and State Library internal documents, and includes photos from five decades, many never before published. The campaign to persuade individual parishes to financially support a library of their own was a long, uphill pull through poverty and politics, flood and famine, discouragement and depression, war and bureaucracy, ignorance and prejudice. Culver credited success to the citizens, whose thirst for books and embrace of the idea of a library inspired perseverance. In time, Culver’s Louisiana plan served as an exemplar of library development elsewhere in the United States as well as abroad. Culver touched the lives of generations of Louisianians who have never heard her name. Spreading the Gospel of Books is her story, along with that of colleagues and supporters, of making the dream of library service come true for all.

How long is Spreading the Gospel of Books?

Spreading the Gospel of Books by Florence M. Jumonville is 271 pages long, and a total of 68,021 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Spreading the Gospel of Books Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 11 minutes to read Spreading the Gospel of Books aloud.

What Reading Level is Spreading the Gospel of Books?

Spreading the Gospel of Books 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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