Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

Reading Level
Grade 10
Time to Read
10 hrs 29 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington is 9th and 10th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 9
SMOG Index Grade 11
Coleman Liau Index Grade 10
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 7

Reading Time

10 hrs 29 mins

How long to read Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington?

The estimated word count of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington is 157,015 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 10 hrs 29 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 17 hrs 27 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 49 mins.

Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington - 157,015 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 17 hrs 27 mins
Average 250 words/min 10 hrs 29 mins
Fast 450 words/min 5 hrs 49 mins
Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington by Ted Widmer
Authors
Ted Widmer

More about Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

157,015 words

Word Count

for Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

624 pages

Pages
Hardcover: 624 pages
Paperback: 624 pages

16 hours and 53 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” ­—The Washington Post “Magisterial...Wholly original, gorgeously crafted…The story of Lincoln’s inaugural journey has never been told in such rich detail.” —Harold Holzer, The Wall Street Journal “At last count there were about 15,000 books on Lincoln, not all of them are worth reading. Lincoln on the Verge is.” —Jeff Glor, CBS This Morning “Loaded with high drama, danger, and plentiful suspense.” —Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Washington: A Life As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration—an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent by any means necessary. Drawing on new research, Ted Widmer reveals President-Elect Abraham Lincoln as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, foiling an assassination attempt, and forging an unbreakable bond with the American people.On the eve of his 52nd birthday, February 11, 1861, the President-Elect of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, walked onto a train, the first step of his journey to the White House, and his rendezvous with destiny. But as the train began to carry Lincoln toward Washington, it was far from certain what he would find there. Bankrupt and rudderless, the government was on the verge of collapse. To make matters worse, reliable intelligence confirmed a conspiracy to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the Republic hung in the balance during his trip. How did Lincoln survive this grueling odyssey, to become the president we know from the history books? Lincoln on the Verge tells the story of a leader discovering his own strength, improvising brilliantly, and seeing his country up close during these pivotal thirteen days. From the moment the Presidential Special left the station, a new Lincoln was on display, speaking constantly, from a moving train, to save the Republic. The journey would draw on all of Lincoln’s mental and physical reserves. But the President-Elect discovered an inner strength, which deepened with the exhausting ordeal of meeting millions of Americans. Lincoln on the Verge is “quite simply as good as it gets in the art of writing biography” (Washington Independent Review of Books), telling the story of America’s greatest president and the obstacles he overcame well before he could take the oath of office and deliver his inaugural address.