How Long to Read The American Phrenological Journal

How Long Does it Take to Read The American Phrenological Journal?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 9 minutes to read The American Phrenological Journal by Steven Hall

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

Description

This collection consists of primary source articles from the 1800s on marriage, parenting, everyday news, diseases and curatives, crime, wearing the beard, temperance, tobacco, solitary indulgence, India rubber, humor, and much more. Historians will appreciate period reports on the Charge of the Light Brigade, the caning of Senator Sumner, an attack on the President, John Brown Jr, the attack on Lawrence Kansas, and a large chapter on bleeding Kansas. The monthly American Phrenological Journal was part phrenology education/justification, part newspaper, part history book, part social activism, part life science, part sex manual, and part Popular Mechanics. This added to the popularity of the Journals at the time. It was an interesting read. The bleeding Kansas chapter includes "real time" news articles about the Kansas Emigration Society of Massachusetts, immigration, the attack on Gov Reeder, fighting between proslavers and free staters, the wounding of Sheriff Jones, 1856 elections, the attack on Lawrence and the burning of the Free-State Hotel, the appointment of Gov John Geary, an attack on Grasshopper Falls, Dred Scott, and more. The American Phrenological Journal was also a newspaper of its day. The "News of the Day" chapter includes fires in California, settlement in Liberia, an attack on President Pierce, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the caning of Senator Sumner, the Mexican rebellion, camels for the United States Army, Dr. Livingstone, a steamboat explosion, the wine harvest in Herman MO, a fugitive slave case, the Missouri legislature, and more. If you are a hypochondriac, a smoker, or drinker, then this book is for you. It contains articles on magnetic disease, curing bad habits, night eating, bowel-action, curing a toothache, curing a cold, the health benefits of wearing a beard, the science of going to bed, magnetism in Cholera, sitting upright and more. There's even an entire chapter devoted to temperance and anti-tobacco. You know who you are! The "Persons of Note" chapter includes phrenological and biographical descriptions for John Brown Jr, Kit Carson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Benton, Florence Nightingale, U. S. Grant, Blind Tom, President Andrew Johnson, Charles Dickens, and Frederick Douglas. This collection of articles also covers a wide range of miscellaneous and life topics: murders, clairvoyance and lawyers, India rubber, where to find a wife, marrying blood relations, selecting a life-mate, out of body phenomena, the choice of occupation, excessive and perverted Amativeness, matrimonial excess, dull children, the Octagon home, what physical qualities men love in women, legal advice, and more.

How long is The American Phrenological Journal?

The American Phrenological Journal by Steven Hall is 299 pages long, and a total of 77,441 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The American Phrenological Journal Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 3 minutes to read The American Phrenological Journal aloud.

What Reading Level is The American Phrenological Journal?

The American Phrenological Journal 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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