It takes the average reader 9 hours and 56 minutes to read The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo in 1836--an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history--The Gates of the Alamo follows the lives of three people whose fates become bound to the now-fabled Texas fort: Edmund McGowan, a proud and gifted naturalist whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico; the resourceful, widowed innkeeper Mary Mott; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo. The story...
The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan is 592 pages long, and a total of 149,184 words.
This makes it 200% the length of the average book. It also has 182% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 35 minutes to read The Gates of the Alamo aloud.
The Gates of the Alamo is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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