It takes the average reader 7 hours and 8 minutes to read The Willowbrook Wars by David J. Rothman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Willowbrook Wars is a dramatic and illuminating account of the effort to close down a scandal-ridden institution and return its 5,400 handicapped residents to communities in New York. The wars began in 1972 with Geraldo Rivera's televised raid on the Willowbrook State School. They continued for three years in a federal courtroom, with civil libertarian lawyers persuading a conservative and conscience-stricken judge to expand the rights of the disabled, and they culminated in a 1975 consent decree, with the state of New York pledging to accomplish the unprecedented assignment in six years....
The Willowbrook Wars by David J. Rothman is 417 pages long, and a total of 107,169 words.
This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 45 minutes to read The Willowbrook Wars aloud.
The Willowbrook Wars is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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