It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read The Caning by Stephen Puleo
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Early in the afternoon of May 22, 1856, ardent pro-slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina strode into the United States Senate Chamber in Washington D.C. and began beating renowned anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a gutta-percha walking cane. Brooks struck again and again—more than thirty times across Sumner's head, face, and shoulders—until his cane splintered into pieces and the helpless Massachusetts senator lay unconscious, covered in blood, and having nearly wrenched his desk from its fixed base. It was a retaliatory attack. Forty-eight hours...
The Caning by Stephen Puleo is 374 pages long, and a total of 94,996 words.
This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read The Caning aloud.
The Caning is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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