It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read The Fort that Became a City by Richard F. Selcer
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This is an excellent history of Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 1849 as an army outpost in what was then the western frontier of Texas. The soldiers were there to protect settlers. The book features original architectural drawings of what the original fort probably looked like. The illustrator researched the fort through the National Archives and other records and came up with artist's views of the frontier outpost. The accompanying text explains the history of the fort and how it grew into one of the country's great cities.
The Fort that Became a City by Richard F. Selcer is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.
This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read The Fort that Became a City aloud.
The Fort that Became a City is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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