The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer

Reading Level
Grade 10
Time to Read
7 hrs 2 mins

Reading Level

What is the reading level of The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer?

Analysing the books in the series, we estimate that the reading level of The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer is 9th and 10th grade.

Expert Readability Tests for
The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer

Readability Test Reading Level
Flesch Kincaid Scale Grade 8
SMOG Index Grade 9
Coleman Liau Index Grade 9
Dale Chall Readability Score Grade 7

Reading Time

7 hrs 2 mins

How long to read The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer?

The estimated word count of The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer is 105,400 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 7 hrs 2 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 43 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 55 mins.

The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer - 105,400 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 11 hrs 43 mins
Average 250 words/min 7 hrs 2 mins
Fast 450 words/min 3 hrs 55 mins
The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer by David Roberts
Authors
David Roberts

More about The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer

105,400 words

Word Count

for The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer

352 pages

Pages
Hardcover: 352 pages
Paperback: 352 pages

11 hours and 20 minutes

Audiobook length


Description

“Stunning and stirring.”—Boston Globe In The Last of His Kind, renowned adventure writer David Roberts gives readers a spellbinding history of mountain climbing in the twentieth century as told through the biography of Brad Washburn, legendary mountaineering pioneer and photographer. Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, has praised David Roberts, saying, “Nobody alive writes better about mountaineering”—and nowhere is that truth more evident than in this breathtaking account of the life and exploits of America’s greatest mountain climber.