How Long to Read The Great Cat and Dog Massacre

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Cat and Dog Massacre?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read The Great Cat and Dog Massacre by Hilda Kean

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 1939, 400,000 cats and dogs were massacred in Britain, their corpses heaped up outside veterinarians offices. Fear of the imminent German blitz led the government to urge pet owners to spare their animal companions so that they would not suffer in the bombing raids. Hilda Kean s gripping narrative of this little-known event includes tales of smuggling pets into bomb shelters, trading bits of cat food on the black market, and preemptively killing thousands of pets at the start of the war to save the food supplies in England. Kean is able to show vividly how pets were an important part of British wartime experience. She pays close attention to animals, both symbolic and actual, arguing that after the pet massacre, human-animal bonds became stronger and closer. In the process of telling this history, Kean necessary complicates the picture of World War II as the good war fought by a nation of good, animal-loving people. Her close use of primary materials (diaries, personal sources, contemporary newspapers, collective public reports on daily life, etc.) gives palpable reality to the animals and their fate at this time. This forgotten aspect of Britain s history makes us rethink accepted accounts of the War and shows the ways in which animal and human histories are inextricably linked. We are also constrained to rethink our assumptions about ourselves and the animals with whom we share our homes."

How long is The Great Cat and Dog Massacre?

The Great Cat and Dog Massacre by Hilda Kean is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Great Cat and Dog Massacre Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read The Great Cat and Dog Massacre aloud.

What Reading Level is The Great Cat and Dog Massacre?

The Great Cat and Dog Massacre is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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