It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read The Gold Crusades by Douglas Fetherling
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat - only to set in motion the diamond and gold rushes that transformed southern Africa. And so it went. Most previous historians of the gold rushes have tended to view them as acts of spontaneous...
The Gold Crusades by Douglas Fetherling is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.
This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read The Gold Crusades aloud.
The Gold Crusades is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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