It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Whaling Captains of Color by Skip Finley
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The history of whaling as an industry on this continent has been well-told in books, including some that have been bestsellers, but what hasn’t been told is the story of whaling’s leaders of color in an era when the only other option was slavery. Whaling was one of the first American industries to exhibit diversity. A man became a captain not because he was white or well connected, but because he knew how to kill a whale. Along the way, he could learn navigation and reading and writing. Whaling presented a tantalizing alternative to mainland life. Working with archival records at whaling...
Whaling Captains of Color by Skip Finley is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Whaling Captains of Color aloud.
Whaling Captains of Color is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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