How Long to Read The Sportsmen of Changi

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sportsmen of Changi?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read The Sportsmen of Changi by Kevin Blackburn

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

Description

Australian prisoners of war playing sport, at times with their captors, does not fit the picture embedded in the popular imagination of horror and suffering in Japanese POW camps during WWII. But incredibly, sport flourished amidst the hellish conditions in these camps. The Sportsmen of Changi is a moving account of diggers for whom sport was not just a means to boost morale and an escape from a dreadful reality, but a way of feeling human in the face of inhuman suffering. Captives played Aussie Rules football at the infamous Changi Prison, and tennis on the Burmese side of the Burma-Thailand Railway. They played soccer, cricket, baseball or basketball and sometimes their prison guards even joined in for a game. And there were many elite sportsmen in these ranks who were intent on reviving their sporting careers after returning home at war's end. What did sports in captivity mean to these soldiers? Did it prove that they were still tough fighting men despite defeat? Or was it their one link to normalcy, a poignant attempt to instil order in a maelstrom of humiliation, disease, violence and despair? The Sportsmen of Changi considers these questions with clarity, delving into the diaries of prisoners and other historical evidence overlooked until now.

How long is The Sportsmen of Changi?

The Sportsmen of Changi by Kevin Blackburn is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sportsmen of Changi Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read The Sportsmen of Changi aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sportsmen of Changi?

The Sportsmen of Changi 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.

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