Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War is 7th and 8th grade.
Readability Test | Reading Level |
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Flesch Kincaid Scale | Grade 6 |
SMOG Index | Grade 9 |
Coleman Liau Index | Grade 8 |
Dale Chall Readability Score | Grade 5 |
The estimated word count of The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy) is 248,310 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 16 hrs 34 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 27 hrs 36 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 9 hrs 12 mins.
The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy) - 248,310 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 27 hrs 36 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 16 hrs 34 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 9 hrs 12 mins |
for The Last Full Measure: A Novel of the Civil War (Civil War Trilogy)
In the Pulitzer prize–winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara’s son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father’s vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father-son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in a novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War. As The Last Full Measure opens, Gettysburg is past and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the gulf between the politicians in Washington and the generals in the field yawns ever wider. Never has the cumbersome Union Army so desperately needed a decisive, hard-nosed leader. It is at this critical moment that Lincoln places Ulysses S. Grant in command—and turns the tide of war. For Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg was an unspeakable disaster—compounded by the shattering loss of the fiery Stonewall Jackson two months before. Lee knows better than anyone that the South cannot survive a war of attrition. But with the total devotion of his generals—Longstreet, Hill, Stuart—and his unswerving faith in God, Lee is determined to fight to the bitter end. Here too is Joshua Chamberlain, the college professor who emerged as the Union hero of Gettysburg—and who will rise to become one of the greatest figures of the Civil War. Battle by staggering battle, Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Lee and Grant—complicated, heroic, deeply troubled men. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing siege of Petersburg to Lee’s epoch-making surrender at Appomattox, Shaara portrays the riveting conclusion of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of the individuals who gave their last full measure. Full of human passion and the spellbinding truth of history, The Last Full Measure is the fitting capstone to a magnificent literary trilogy.