How Long to Read The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition]

By Captain Herbert W. McBride

How Long Does it Take to Read The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition]?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 42 minutes to read The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition] by Captain Herbert W. McBride

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos The classic account of sniping on the Western Front. “Herbert Wesley McBride was a Captain in the Twenty-first Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War. He was a sniper and commander of a machine gun unit known as the “Emma Gees.” He was also the author of two books on the war: “A Rifleman Went To War” (1933) and “The Emma Gees” (1918)...When the war started, he volunteered in a Canadian rifle company in Ottawa because he wanted to see action as quickly as possible. He was commissioned as an officer, but was reduced to a private due to several drunken incidents. He shipped to England for training and then to the Western Front, where he participated in battles around Ypres and the Somme throughout 1916. In his book, “A Rifleman Went To War,” he recounts killing more than 100 German soldiers as a sniper. This book is highly regarded by students of riflery, it’s mandatory reading in the U.S. Marine Corps Sniping School. It is also considered one of the best first-person accounts of World War I, often being compared favorably to “Storm of Steel” by Ernst Junger. However McBride notes in his book that by the end of 1916 he felt in his heart “the game was over,” and a series of alcoholic binges resulted in his court martial and dismissal from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in February 1917. He then joined the United States Army’s 38th Division, serving out the war as a marksmanship and sniping instructor at Camp Perry. He resigned in October 1918. After the war, he worked in the lumber industry in Oregon for most of his later years. He died in Indianapolis of a sudden heart failure on March 17, 1933, shortly after finishing “A Rifleman Went To War.” He was 60.”-Canadaatwar.com

How long is The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition]?

The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition] by Captain Herbert W. McBride is 401 pages long, and a total of 100,651 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 123% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition] Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 10 minutes to read The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition] aloud.

What Reading Level is The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition]?

The Emma Gees [Illustrated Edition] is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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