It takes the average reader 8 hours to read The Field of Blood by Joanne B. Freeman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The previously untold story of the violence in Congress that helped spark the Civil War In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and...
The Field of Blood by Joanne B. Freeman is 480 pages long, and a total of 120,000 words.
This makes it 162% the length of the average book. It also has 147% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 55 minutes to read The Field of Blood aloud.
The Field of Blood is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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