It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Black Calhouns by Gail Lumet Buckley
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley—daughter of actress Lena Horne—delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights. Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house slave who used the rare advantage of his education to become a successful businessman in post-war Atlanta, Buckley follows her family’s two branches: one that stayed in the South, and the other that settled in Brooklyn. Through the lens of her relatives’ momentous lives, Buckley examines major events throughout American...
The Black Calhouns by Gail Lumet Buckley 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 Black Calhouns aloud.
The Black Calhouns is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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