It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick
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"Limerick is one of the most engaging historians writing today." --Richard White The "settling" of the American West has been perceived throughout the world as a series of quaint, violent, and romantic adventures. But in fact, Patricia Nelson Limerick argues, the West has a history grounded primarily in economic reality; in hardheaded questions of profit, loss, competition, and consolidation. Here she interprets the stories and the characters in a new way: the trappers, traders, Indians, farmers, oilmen, cowboys, and sheriffs of the Old West "meant business" in more ways than one, and their...
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West aloud.
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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