It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The Founding Fortunes by Tom Shachtman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In The Founding Fortunes, historian Tom Shachtman reveals the ways in which a dozen notable Revolutionaries deeply affected the finances and birth of the new country while making and losing their fortunes. While history teaches that successful revolutions depend on participation by the common man, the establishment of a stable and independent United States first required wealthy colonials uniting to disrupt the very system that had enriched them, and then funding a very long war. While some fortunes were made during the war at the expense of the poor, many of the wealthy embraced the goal of...
The Founding Fortunes by Tom Shachtman is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.
This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The Founding Fortunes aloud.
The Founding Fortunes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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