It takes the average reader 1 hour and 32 minutes to read The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History by Edited by John Thorn
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Back in 1982, the Society for American Baseball Research was still young, barely a decade past its founding, and had grown to some 1600 members. One of their number, a "defrocked English Lit guy poking around in journalism," suggested to the board of directors that SABR, and the world, might benefit from a publication along the lines of American Heritage, only about baseball. Before long that member, John Thorn, found himself at the helm of the newly christened periodical, The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History. The very first issue included names we think of today as luminaries...
The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History by Edited by John Thorn is 92 pages long, and a total of 23,184 words.
This makes it 31% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 6 minutes to read The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History aloud.
The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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