How Long to Read The Voyageur in the Illinois Country

How Long Does it Take to Read The Voyageur in the Illinois Country?

It takes the average reader and 52 minutes to read The Voyageur in the Illinois Country by Margaret Kimball Brown

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

Description

The French voyageur cuts a dashing figure in our imaginations, so much so we often overlook the reality of his profession: it was a job. Margaret Brown looks at the business end of being a waterman in the remote French settlements of the Illinois Country in the mid-18th century; she presents her picture of the voyageurs' world from the perspective offered by the contracts, debts, and inventories they left behind. But there is still room for danger and adventure, to be sure: hunger, hardship, captivity, escape, and sudden death punctuate their workday-world. This story of the Illinois Country voyageur is gleaned largely from an assemblage of some 7000 unsorted and mostly unpublished French documents and records known collectively as the Kaskaskia Manuscripts. Few people are as familiar with this collection as Dr. Brown, who (along with colleague Lawrie Cena Dean) has worked with this and other caches of French Illinois records for years. The Voyageur in the Illinois Country expands our knowledge of other aspects of life in the French Midwest beyond the fur trade. Three complete inventories of household goods are presented and discussed. We learn a few things about the watercraft in use locally (not the romantic birch bark canoe, incidentally). We also learn that French/Indian relations were not always as cordial as popular history often paints them to have been. Above all, we see a little more of the voyageur than the swashbuckling canoe man of our imaginations.

How long is The Voyageur in the Illinois Country?

The Voyageur in the Illinois Country by Margaret Kimball Brown is 52 pages long, and a total of 13,104 words.

This makes it 18% the length of the average book. It also has 16% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Voyageur in the Illinois Country Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 11 minutes to read The Voyageur in the Illinois Country aloud.

What Reading Level is The Voyageur in the Illinois Country?

The Voyageur in the Illinois Country is suitable for students ages 8 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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