Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype is 9th and 10th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 8 |
SMOG Index | Grade 11 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 9 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 8 |
The estimated word count of Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype is 93,310 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 14 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 10 hrs 23 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 28 mins.
Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype - 93,310 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 10 hrs 23 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 14 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 28 mins |
for Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype
"Bundini has found his Bundini―a writer who completes him, who understands him right to down to his beautiful, brilliant, bombastic core! Todd Snyder gives Bundini the impassioned and intelligent treatment Ali’s hype man has long deserved. A total joy. This is one my favorite boxing books of all time."―Jonathan Eig, best-selling author of Ali: A Life“I think Bundini was the source of Muhammad Ali’s spirit. I wouldn’t even call him a trainer or cornerman, he was more important than a trainer. Ali had an unmeasurable determination and he got it from Bundini.”―George Foreman“When you talk about Bundini, you are talking about the mouthpiece of Muhammad Ali, an extension of Muhammad Ali’s spirit. There would never have been a Muhammad Ali without Drew Bundini Brown.”―Khalilah Camacho-Ali (Muhammad Ali’s second wife)“Bundini gave Ali his entire heart. Bundini played a very important part in Ali’s career. He was Ali’s right hand man. He knew exactly how to motivate him. He was the one guy who could really get him up to train and get him ready to fight.”―Larry HolmesFifty years after he coined the iconic phrase Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, Drew “Bundini” Brown remains one of boxing’s most mysterious and misunderstood figures. His impact on the sport and the culture at large is undeniable. Cornerman and confidant to two of the greatest fighters ever―Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali―Brown lived an extraordinary American life.After a poverty-stricken childhood in Jim Crow Florida, Brown came of age traveling the world as a naval steward. On being discharged, he settled in New York City and spent wild nights in the jazz joints of Harlem, making a name for himself as the charismatic street philosopher and poet some called “Fast Black.” He married a white woman from a family of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, in dramatic defiance of 1950s cultural norms, and later appeared in films such as the blaxploitation classic, Shaft.In Bundini, Todd Snyder digs deep into Brown’s expansive story, revealing not only how he became Muhammad Ali’s “hype man,” but also, as boxing’s greatest motivator, how he became a model for others who seek to inspire, in any endeavor.