
American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Chris Matthews (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 96 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
277 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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
American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions is an audiobook by Chris Matthews: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Matthews, released November 1, 2002, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Matthews
- Released
- November 1, 2002
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9780743541268
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions audiobook?
American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is the American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions?
American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions is narrated by Chris Matthews.