The estimated word count of Rachel Maddow: A Biography is 49,135 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 3 hrs 17 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 5 hrs 28 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 1 hrs 50 mins.
Rachel Maddow: A Biography - 49,135 words | ||
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Slow | 150 words/min | 5 hrs 28 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 3 hrs 17 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 1 hrs 50 mins |
for Rachel Maddow: A Biography
The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news.Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that’s novel in today’s America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity’s ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports. And in our highly polarized world, Maddow amiably engages the staunchest conservatives, while never hesitating to expose their light-on-facts defenses. As a result, she's become the top anchor for MSNBC and a beloved representative for all that progressive America holds dear. The news that Maddow was the first publicly-out lesbian to anchor a prime-time TV news show seemed almost anticlimactic to her millions of viewers, who will be surprised and intrigued by little-known details of her life, as written by New York Times bestselling biographer Lisa Rogak. Growing up in a conservative California town – and viewing herself as a perennial outsider – helped spark an early interest in activism. After attending Stanford and Oxford, she opted for a minimum-wage job as a radio DJ in a tiny Massachusetts market while finishing her Ph.D. She planned to pursue a career as an activist, but 9/11 changed all that, so she returned to local radio where she could help listeners by "explaining stuff." A stint at Air America raised her national profile, which led to her groundbreaking MSNBC show where she dissects the news of the day with an approach found nowhere else on TV.