It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read The Magic City by Gregory Pappas
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Thirty-two million Americans have lost jobs because of permanent factory closings since 1970. Gregory Pappas here provides an intimate account of the economic, social, psychological, and medical consequences of one such closing. Once known as "the magic city" of economic opportunity, Barberton, Ohio, is an industrial working-class town of second- and third-generation factory workers. When the Seiberling tire plant in Barberton was closed in 1980, over 1200 jobs were eliminated. Drawing on extensive research, including surveys and interviews with workers laid off by the closing, Pappas offers...
The Magic City by Gregory Pappas is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Magic City aloud.
The Magic City is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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