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A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction by Drew A. Swanson

A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction runs 7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Andrew Quinn (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 5,887 The Americas 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 Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction is an audiobook by Drew A. Swanson: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by William Andrew Quinn, released February 11, 2025, on the The Americas and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
William Andrew Quinn
Released
February 11, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, True Crime
ISBN
9798855545685

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction as an audiobook?

A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction?

A Man of Bad Reputation: The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction is narrated by William Andrew Quinn.