It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read The Crescent City Lynchings by Tom Smith
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1890, a group of Italian immigrants and Italian Americans were accused of gunning down New Orleans police chief David Hennessy, who had come between two rival waterfront gangs. Nineteen men were indicted; nine stood trial. After six of the nine accused were acquitted and the remaining three awarded mistrials, a vigilante mob of 8,000 people fought their way into the Parish Prison and killed eleven of the defendants. The incident drew anti- American ire from across the world, and even brought the U.S. to the brink of war with Italy until formal reparations were made. Tom Smith presents an...
The Crescent City Lynchings by Tom Smith is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read The Crescent City Lynchings aloud.
The Crescent City Lynchings is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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