How Long to Read The Last Lighthouse Keeper

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Lighthouse Keeper?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 54 minutes to read The Last Lighthouse Keeper by John Cook

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

Description

John Cook's ripping life story exposes Tasmania's old kero-fuelled lighthouses: relentless physically and emotionally demanding labour, done under the often cruel vagaries of nature. Noble work that can ultimately redeem a lost soul. Or break them.' MATTHEW EVANS I loved the life of the island, because I knew my body was more alive than it was on the mainland. People asked how we stood the isolation and boredom, but in some ways, it was more stimulating to have your senses turned up. In Tasmania, John Cook is known as 'The Keeper of the Flame'. As one of Australia's longest-serving lighthouse keepers, John spent 26 years tending Tasmania's well-known kerosene 'lights' at Tasman Island, Maatsuyker Island and Bruny Island. From sleepless nights keeping the lights alive, battling the wind and sea as they ripped at gutters and flooded stores, raising a joey, tending sheep and keeping ducks and chickens, the life of a keeper was one of unexpected joy and heartbreak. But for John, nothing was more heartbreaking than the introduction of electric lights, and the lighthouses that were left empty forever. Evocatively told, The Last Lighthouse Keeper is a love story between a man and a dying way of life, as well as a celebration of wilderness and solitude.

How long is The Last Lighthouse Keeper?

The Last Lighthouse Keeper by John Cook is 352 pages long, and a total of 88,704 words.

This makes it 119% the length of the average book. It also has 108% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Lighthouse Keeper Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 4 minutes to read The Last Lighthouse Keeper aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Lighthouse Keeper?

The Last Lighthouse Keeper 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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