Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography is 10th and 11th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 10 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 7 |
The estimated word count of Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography is 81,530 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 5 hrs 27 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 4 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 2 mins.
Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography - 81,530 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 9 hrs 4 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 5 hrs 27 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 2 mins |
for Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography
"Buffy Sainte-Marie is an icon and inspiration. This book is necessary—an authorized insight into the making of a legend." —Terese Marie Mailhot, author of Heart BerriesA powerful, intimate look at the life of a beloved folk icon and activist.Folk hero. Songwriter icon. Living legend. Buffy Sainte-Marie is all of these things and more. In this, Sainte-Marie’s first and only authorized biography, music critic Andrea Warner draws from more than sixty hours of exclusive interviews to offer a powerful, intimate look at the life of the beloved artist and everything that she has accomplished in her seventy-seven years (and counting).Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964’s It’s My Way!, the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights and freedoms, an innovative artist, and a disruptor of the status quo. Establishing herself among the ranks of folk greats such as Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, she has released more than twenty albums, survived being blacklisted by two U.S. presidents, and received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. But this biography does more than celebrate Sainte-Marie’s unparalleled talent as a songwriter and entertainer; packed with insight and knowledge, it offers an unflinchingly honest, heartbreakingly real portrait of the woman herself, including the challenges she experienced on the periphery of showbiz, her healing from the trauma of childhood and intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, and her leadership in the protest movement.