It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous by Carl A. Brasseaux
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In an extraordinary feat of research and intrepid historical navigation, Carl A. Brasseaux and Keith P. Fontenot serve as guides through the labyrinthian and often harrowing world of Louisiana bayou steamboat journeys of the mid to late nineteenth century. The bayou country's steamboat saga mirrors in microcosm the tale of America's most colorful -- and most highly romanticized -- transportation era. But Brasseaux and Fontenot brace readers with a boldly revisionist picture of the opulent Mississippi River floating palaces: stripped-down, utilitarian freight-haulers belching smoke from twin...
Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous by Carl A. Brasseaux is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous aloud.
Steamboats on Louisiana's Bayous is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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