It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Wires in the Wilderness by Bill Miller
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the tale of how Canada's high northern wilderness was brought into civilization's fold through a frail network of wires laboriously strung between poles and trees for hundreds of desolate miles. The Yukon Telegraph started in 1897, when gold was discovered in the Yukon and the government needed a faster way to communicate with its remote northern territory. The isolated residents, too, wanted a more reliable connection with the outside world. Bill Miller takes readers from the line's conception in 1899 to its abandonment in 1952 through to its status today and its potential for future...
Wires in the Wilderness by Bill Miller is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Wires in the Wilderness aloud.
Wires in the Wilderness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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