How Long to Read The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers by Rufus Ward

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

Description

The Tombigbee River flows through the history of Alabama and Mississippi, connecting the Black Prairie cotton belt of northeast Mississippi and west Alabama to Mobile and the Gulf of Mexico. In the early 1800s, it became the regional artery of commerce and trade, with steamboats carrying cotton to the port of Mobile and then returning upriver with farm supplies and consumer goods. Today, the "rollodores," who rolled cotton bales down slides to the decks of boats; the sunken logs, or "dead heads," that could sink a boat if struck; and the "side-wheeler" model steamboats have all but vanished. The Tombigbee River Steamboats brings this forgotten era back to life through accounts of the steamboats, their crews and their trials, such as the haunting story of the steamer Eliza Battle, which burned and sank on a freezing, flooded river.

How long is The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers?

The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers by Rufus Ward is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers aloud.

What Reading Level is The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers?

The Tombigbee River Steamboats: Rollodores, Dead Heads and Side-Wheelers 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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