It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Water to the Angels by Les Standiford
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In 1907, Irish immigrant William Mulholland designed and began to build one of the greatest civil engineering feats in history: the aqueduct that carried water 233 miles from the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Los Angeles—allowing this small, resource-challenged desert city to grow into a modern global metropolis. Drawing on new research, Les Standiford vividly captures the larger-than-life engineer and the breathtaking scope of his six-year, $23 million project that would transform a region, a state, and a nation at the dawn of its greatest century. Mulholland, a penniless Dublin immigrant who...
Water to the Angels by Les Standiford is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Water to the Angels aloud.
Water to the Angels is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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