How Long to Read These Truths: A History of the United States

How Long Does it Take to Read These Truths: A History of the United States?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 2 minutes to read These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore

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

Description

“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.

How long is These Truths: A History of the United States?

These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore is 773 pages long, and a total of 195,569 words.

This makes it 261% the length of the average book. It also has 239% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read These Truths: A History of the United States Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 48 minutes to read These Truths: A History of the United States aloud.

What Reading Level is These Truths: A History of the United States?

These Truths: A History of the United States 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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