It takes the average reader 5 hours to read The Waterman by Tim Junkin
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A haunting novel of a young man who follows his father into the world of commercial fishing, but is caught in a criminal’s trap . . . When his father is lost in a storm off the Eastern Shore, Clay Wakeman drops out of college to take over his father’s crab trawler and his work as a waterman, that is, as an independent commercial fisherman. Since the old boat constitutes his sole inheritance, Clay starts out small. He recruits his oldest friend, Byron, a traumatized Vietnam veteran, to join him in a crabbing business. Just as they’re breaking even, Hurricane Agnes roars in to ruin the salinity...
The Waterman by Tim Junkin is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.
This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read The Waterman aloud.
The Waterman 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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