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A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father by David Maraniss

A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Maraniss (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father is an audiobook by David Maraniss: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Maraniss, released May 14, 2019, on the Memoirs and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
David Maraniss
Released
May 14, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, The Americas, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
ISBN
9781508282778

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father as an audiobook?

A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father?

A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father is narrated by David Maraniss.

Is A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.