How Long to Read The Last Radio Baby

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Radio Baby?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read The Last Radio Baby by Raymond Andrews

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

Description

Award-winning novelist Raymond Andrews recalls his childhood in the rural South of the 1930s and 40s. In this lively memoir, award-winning novelist Raymond Andrews vividly recalls the pleasures and pains of growing up black in rural Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s--a time when families gathered together around the radio to listen to mysteries and sports events, when county fairs and revivals provided riotous relief from the daily routine of country living, and when double features cost a dime. With incomparable humor, Andrews describes his preoccupations as a child, such as perfecting the art of running-board jumping, avoiding the local bully, Minnie Pearl Massey, and sneaking peaks into the county jail and the notorious "DeMo's" cafe, famous for fried fish, fights, and "sin." Along the way, he also supplies a lost segment of American history, describing the manner, mores, and daily lives of rural blacks--not only the prejudice they encountered but also the sports figures who inspired them, the teachers who educated them, the church that bonded them together, and the local characters who both amused and scandalized them, including guitar-picking, fast-driving, hard-drinking "Tampa Red," and "Old Mrs. Hill," who had been born a slave and in her nineties ran around with a "set of fast girls in their sixties." These people and many other intriguing figures people the pages of The Last Radio Baby, an entertaining, informative, and important view of a time and place in our history filtered through the gentle and generous vision of one of its most lovable characters.

How long is The Last Radio Baby?

The Last Radio Baby by Raymond Andrews is 221 pages long, and a total of 55,471 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Last Radio Baby Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 3 minutes to read The Last Radio Baby aloud.

What Reading Level is The Last Radio Baby?

The Last Radio Baby 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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