It takes the average reader 7 hours and 34 minutes to read The National Dream by Pierre Berton
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old — it's population well below the 4 million mark — determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision — bold to the point of recklessness — was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation. Using primary sources — diaries, letters, unpublished manuscripts, public documents and newspapers — Pierre Berton has reconstructed the incredible decade of the 1870s, when Canadians of every stripe — contractors, politicians, financiers,...
The National Dream by Pierre Berton is 439 pages long, and a total of 113,701 words.
This makes it 148% the length of the average book. It also has 139% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 21 minutes to read The National Dream aloud.
The National Dream is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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