It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read The Barbed Wire by Gerhard G. Hennes
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
young soldier captured during World War II is sent to a prisoner of war camp in a small town, where he stays until the German surrender. Not an unfamiliar story?except the soldier is German, and the POW camp is in Crossville, Tennessee. In his powerful true story, Gerhard Hennes shares his adventures as a POW in the United States and openly reveals the personal hopes, fears, joys, and sorrows of a young man growing disillusioned with Hitler's Germany. Rich with tales of escape, interrogation by high ranking Allied officers, travel on the "Queen Mary" (converted for troop transport), and day-to-day life as a prisoner of war, "The Barbed Wire is both a first-hand account of this near-forgotten chapter in U.S. history and the memoir of a German family surviving during World War II.
The Barbed Wire by Gerhard G. Hennes is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.
This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read The Barbed Wire aloud.
The Barbed Wire is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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