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Book 1 of Leatherstocking Tales · 1841

The Deerslayer

by James Fenimore Cooper. 520 pages, about 9.5 hours to read. Rated 4.0 out of 5 by 5 Open Library readers.

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How long to read The Deerslayer

At 250 words a minute, the average adult pace, The Deerslayer takes about 9.5 hours. That assumes 275 words a page over 520 pages.

Your paceTime
150 words/min (slow, or reading aloud)16 hours
200 words/min12 hours
250 words/min (average)9.5 hours
300 words/min7.9 hours
400 words/min (fast)6 hours

In the series

All 5 Leatherstocking Tales books in order

United States in fiction · Male friendship · Hunters · Fiction · Hunters in fiction · Indiens de l'Amérique du Nord