It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Cactus Air Force by Eric Hammel
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942. For 40 years from 1961, the late Eric Hammel interviewed more than 150 American participants in the air campaign at Guadalcanal, none of whom are still alive. These interviews are the most comprehensive first-person accounts of the battle assembled by any historian. More importantly, they involved the junior officers and enlisted men whose stories and memories were not part of the official history, thus...
The Cactus Air Force by Eric Hammel 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 Cactus Air Force aloud.
The Cactus Air Force is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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