Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
7.8
Points
3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
17508
Points per Word
0.000171
Page Count
160
Points per Page
0.01875
Description
This book is a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America, combined with an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879.