It takes the average reader 3 hours and 31 minutes to read Hometown by Gil Herkimer
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Hometown was a small rural Upstate New York town, population about 3,000 to 4,000 people, 12,000 to 15,000 milk cows, and three creameries . The author, Gil Herkimer, like this books leading character, Bill Stevens, was born in the Hometown area composed of at least five or six upstate New York villages and towns , and lived there all of his early life there, except for the four years which he, too, had spent in the U. S. Navy during World War II. The authors main purpose for writing this book is to encourage readers to help in the development of a strong two-party political system in areas wheres only a one-party rule as it was in Hometown during the early 1960's.
Hometown by Gil Herkimer is 211 pages long, and a total of 52,961 words.
This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 49 minutes to read Hometown aloud.
Hometown is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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