How Long to Read Washington County, Mississippi

How Long Does it Take to Read Washington County, Mississippi?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 13 minutes to read Washington County, Mississippi by Russell S. Hall

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

Description

Washington County, located on the Mississippi River in the heart of the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, is the culture that cotton built. Founded by hearty pioneers willing to risk even their lives for the unexcelled wealth that the "white gold" of cotton promised, the county was literally carved out of a swampy, cane-covered wilderness where the brave were as likely to reap an early grave as elaborate grandeur. This collection of more than two hundred photographs from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth depicts the unique and pervasive dichotomies that the struggle to weave the "Cotton Kingdom" produced, especially the twin threads of prosperity and poverty. Here men struck it rich in an unprecedented short time, but here they lost it just as quickly. While high cotton bought white men opulent homes and the leisure to produce literary classics, simultaneously it bought the black man little more than a shotgun shack and the pain that birthed the blues. Witness the challenges presented to the mule by the machine and to the isolation of the county's way of life by international war and the infusion of industry. Despite the divisions, this collection also illustrates the common, commendable effort by the citizens of one American county in the South to clear their land, cultivate their fields, build their homes, pave their streets, construct their highways, lay their railroads, and protect it all from flood, fever, and fire with an unfaltering faith in the future.

How long is Washington County, Mississippi?

Washington County, Mississippi by Russell S. Hall is 132 pages long, and a total of 33,264 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Washington County, Mississippi Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 1 minute to read Washington County, Mississippi aloud.

What Reading Level is Washington County, Mississippi?

Washington County, Mississippi is suitable for students ages 10 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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