It takes the average reader 2 hours and 41 minutes to read When Boston Was Proper by George Douglas
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When Boston Was Proper: (and not so proper) is a candid look at Boston before, during and after the riotous twentieth century by a veteran journalist. Its a broad historical sweep of the former Athens of Americas notorious mayors, Catholic and Protestant clergy, including Cardinals and Bishops, newspaper publishers and editors, colleges and their presidents and faculty, past but not forgotten districts, including the infamous Scollay Square, Newspaper Row and T Wharf, and time-honored institutions as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Vincent Club, the Boston Dispensary, the Red Sox and Filenes bargain basement. Among the famous Bostonians featured are John F. Honey Fitz Fitzgerald, James Michael Curley, Gleason L. Archer, Daniel Marsh, Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, the Rt.Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes Jr., William Cardinal OConnell, Richard Cardinal Cushing, and two South Boston natives, the millionaire John Fox and writer/columnist George Frazier.
When Boston Was Proper by George Douglas is 157 pages long, and a total of 40,349 words.
This makes it 53% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 40 minutes to read When Boston Was Proper aloud.
When Boston Was Proper is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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