How Long to Read Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation by Peter L. Bernstein

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

Description

"One corner of the great American panorama enlarged to highlight starry-eyed visionaries, political machinations, indefatigable ingenuity, and cockeyed optimism." —Kirkus Reviews The building of the Erie Canal, like the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal, is one of the greatest and most riveting stories of American ingenuity. Best-selling author Peter Bernstein presents the story of the canal's construction against the larger tableau of America in the first quarter-century of the 1800s. Examining the social, political, and economic ramifications of this mammoth project,...

How long is Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation?

Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation by Peter L. Bernstein is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.

This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation?

Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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