It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read The Herrin Massacre of 1922 by Greg Bailey
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1922, a coal miner strike spread across the United States, swallowing the heavily-unionized mining town of Herrin, Illinois. When the owner of the town's local mine hired non-union workers to break the strike, violent conflict broke out between the strikebreakers and unionized miners, who were all heavily armed. When strikebreakers surrendered and were promised safe passage home, the unionized miners began executing them before large, cheering crowds. This book tells the cruel truth behind the story that the coal industry tried to suppress and that Herrin wants to forget. A thorough...
The Herrin Massacre of 1922 by Greg Bailey is 178 pages long, and a total of 45,924 words.
This makes it 60% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read The Herrin Massacre of 1922 aloud.
The Herrin Massacre of 1922 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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