It takes the average reader 2 hours and 56 minutes to read Texas Summer by Terry Southern
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
An evocative, poignant coming-of-age novel set in rural Texas in the 1950s Through events small and large, thirteen-year-old Harold Stevens grows up during a pivotal summer in the red-dirt backcountry of West Texas. With his friend C.K. Crow, the black field hand who works for Harold’s father, he shoots deer and quail, fishes for catfish, mends fences, grows and learns about marijuana, and tests his emerging manhood against bullies, bulls, and the irresistible charms of his horse-riding older cousin. During a hysterical trip to a circus sideshow, Harold and a buddy sneak backstage to see “The...
Texas Summer by Terry Southern is 174 pages long, and a total of 44,196 words.
This makes it 59% the length of the average book. It also has 54% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 1 minute to read Texas Summer aloud.
Texas Summer is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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