It takes the average reader 3 hours and 14 minutes to read The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten but Nevertheless Still Great British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes by Simon Bullivant
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes is just that: a collection of stirring tales of pluck, grit, triumph, disaster and on occasion, ineptitude, featuring a host of former sportspeople who've been utterly forgotten by history. From Maude Waveney, the plucky servant girl who bravely took half a day off work scrubbing kitchen floors to win a gold medal folding bedsheets in the first London games, to Tom Drake, Dressage's first punk, who shocked the sport with his slashed jacket and swear words on his hat.There's the tale of the Lincolnshire javelin...
The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten but Nevertheless Still Great British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes by Simon Bullivant is 188 pages long, and a total of 48,504 words.
This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 25 minutes to read The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten but Nevertheless Still Great British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes aloud.
The Bumper Book of Slightly Forgotten but Nevertheless Still Great British Olympians and Other Sporting Heroes is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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