How Long to Read William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest

How Long Does it Take to Read William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 40 minutes to read William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest by William Heath

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

Description

Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe, William Wells (1770–1812) moved between two cultures all his life but was comfortable in neither. Vilified by some historians for his divided loyalties, he remains relatively unknown even though he is worthy of comparison with such famous frontiersmen as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. William Heath’s thoroughly researched book is the first biography of this man-in-the-middle. A servant of empire with deep sympathies for the people his country sought to dispossess, Wells married Chief Little Turtle’s daughter and distinguished himself as a Miami warrior, as an American spy, and as an Indian agent whose multilingual skills made him a valuable interpreter. Heath examines pioneer life in the Ohio Valley from both white and Indian perspectives, yielding rich insights into Wells’s career as well as broader events on the post-revolutionary American frontier, where Anglo-Americans pushing westward competed with the Indian nations of the Old Northwest for control of territory. Wells’s unusual career, Heath emphasizes, earned him a great deal of ill will. Because he warned the U.S. government against Tecumseh’s confederacy and the Tenskwatawa’s “religiously mad” followers, he was hated by those who supported the Shawnee leaders. Because he came to question treaties he had helped bring about, and cautioned the Indians about their harmful effects, he was distrusted by Americans. Wells is a complicated hero, and his conflicted position reflects the decline of coexistence and cooperation between two cultures.

How long is William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest?

William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest by William Heath is 520 pages long, and a total of 130,000 words.

This makes it 175% the length of the average book. It also has 159% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 50 minutes to read William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest aloud.

What Reading Level is William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest?

William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest 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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