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After the Bugles by Elmer Kelton

After the Bugles: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Buckalew Family series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the After the Bugles audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Graham Winton (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish After the Bugles at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Buckalew Family

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 19.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1After the Bugles5.8 hrs
2Massacre at Goliad7.6 hrs
3Bowie's Mine6 hrs

About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf

631 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

After the Bugles is book 1 of Elmer Kelton's Buckalew Family series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Graham Winton, released July 1, 2016, on the Westerns & War shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Graham Winton
Released
July 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War
Series
Buckalew Family #1
ISBN
9781501903908

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the After the Bugles audiobook?

After the Bugles runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the After the Bugles audiobook free?

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

Who narrates After the Bugles?

After the Bugles is narrated by Graham Winton.