It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Barbary Coast by Herbert Asbury
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. If the precious yellow metal hadn't been discovered ... the development of San Francisco's underworld in all likelihood would have been indistinguishable from that of any other large American city. Instead, owing almost entirely to the influx of gold-seekers and the horde of gamblers, thieves, harlots, politicians, and other felonious parasites who battened upon them, there arose a unique criminal district that for almost seventy years was the scene of more viciousness and depravity, but which at the...
The Barbary Coast by Herbert Asbury is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Barbary Coast aloud.
The Barbary Coast is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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