It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read THE GREAT PUSH by Patrick MacGill
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
By 1915 the trenches of the Western Front were in different states of repair, including the captured trenches, which had all but been destroyed as a result of shell fire. The countryside and villages were a scene of utter devastation, nothing but mud and mounds of rubble where communities and fields of wheat had once stood. The main battles during 1915 were Ypres, French Flanders, Artois, Aisne, Champagne and Vosges. During September and October 1915 an attack by French and British forces from Vimy Ridge to La Bassée, was called the Artois-Loos Offensive or the Third Battle of Artois. This novella by Patrick MacGill, the 5th of 20, is based on his experiences in the trenches of Loos during this period, which resulted in arguably his best book on World War One. A classic of war literature, The Great Push could be considered autobiographical in nature and is nevertheless a passionate and compelling book which describes the fear, resilience, humour and fatalism of those who fought in the raw edge of one of the most terrifying wars ever to have been waged. MacGill had somehow penned all but the last two chapters in the trenches of Loos before being wounded. He wrote the last two chapters while recovering in hospital in the latter part of 1915. 10% of the profit from this book will be donated to the Royal British Legion to help fund their work with returned servicemen. TAGS: The Great Push, Great War, 1915, Loos, trenches, Ypres, French Flanders, Artois, Aisne, Champagne, Vosges, Vimy Ridge, La Bassée, Artois-Loos Offensive, Third Battle of Artois,
THE GREAT PUSH by Patrick MacGill is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.
This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read THE GREAT PUSH aloud.
THE GREAT PUSH is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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