Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies audiobook runs 14.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Fried (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Fried
Jonathan Fried narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 39 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
606 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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
Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies is an audiobook by Lawrence Goldstone: a 14.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Fried, released May 6, 2014, on the The Americas and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Fried
- Released
- May 6, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Computers & Technology, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781490603964
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies audiobook?
Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies runs 14.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is the Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies?
Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies is narrated by Jonathan Fried.
Is Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.