How Long to Read Who Was Who in America

How Long Does it Take to Read Who Was Who in America?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 17 minutes to read Who Was Who in America by Marquis Who's Who Staff

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

Description

Who Was Who in America preserves the lifetime accomplishments of many world history-makers. Extending a tradition of excellence in recording and publishing essential data, Who Was Who in America has proved its unqiueness and usefulness in countless research applications. Each biographical entry provides personal data unavailable in any other source: family relationships, political affiliations, key positions held, awards, published writings, and other basic facts and vital statistics. Approximately every three years, sketches of Marquis Who's Who Biographees who have died since publication of the prior volume of Who Was Who in America are incorporated into a new compilation. Biographees included in Volume XIII will join the 130,000 listees in previous Who Was Who volumes to form a compendium that mirrors American history. The Index (1607-2000) identifies the volume in which each of the 130,000 biographies appears. Among the biographees whose final sketches will be included in Volume XIII of Who Was Who in America are: baseball legend Joe DiMaggio; philanthropist Paul Mellon; King Hussein of Jordan; basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain; football great Walter Payton British novelist Iris Murdoch; Nobel Prize winning chemist Gertrude Elion; film director Stanley Kubrick; Nigerian president Sani Abacha; U.S. entertainer (whose career as a singing cowboy was rivaled only by that of Roy Rogers) Gene Autry; motion picture and television star (whose immensely popular singing cowboy character became an icon of the American West) Roy Rogers; former mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley; lawyer government official and adviser to four presidents Clark Clifford; track great Florence Griffith Joyner;JFK Jr.; associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court Lewis Powell, Jr.; choreographer Jerome Robbins; one of the first U.S. astronauts Alan Shepard, Jr.; comedian Flip Wilson. Who Was Who in America is publisher in 14 convenient, chronological volumes which may be purchased separately or together.

How long is Who Was Who in America?

Who Was Who in America by Marquis Who's Who Staff is 598 pages long, and a total of 154,284 words.

This makes it 202% the length of the average book. It also has 189% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Who Was Who in America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 3 minutes to read Who Was Who in America aloud.

What Reading Level is Who Was Who in America?

Who Was Who in America 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.

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