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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Michael (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.4listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% 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

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst is an audiobook by Jeffrey Toobin: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Michael, released August 2, 2016, on the The Americas and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.4 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Michael
Released
August 2, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, True Crime, Law & Politics
ISBN
9780449807514

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst audiobook?

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is the American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst audiobook free?

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

Who narrates American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst?

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst is narrated by Paul Michael.

Is American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.