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Bowie's Mine by Elmer Kelton

Bowie's Mine: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Buckalew Family series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bowie's Mine audiobook runs 6 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Bowie's Mine 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 6 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Buckalew Family

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 13.4 hours before it; 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

621 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

Bowie's Mine is book 3 of Elmer Kelton's Buckalew Family series: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released November 18, 2016, on the Westerns & War shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Woodson
Released
November 18, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War
Series
Buckalew Family #3
ISBN
9781501903991

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bowie's Mine audiobook?

Bowie's Mine runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.

Is the Bowie's Mine audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Bowie's Mine?

Bowie's Mine is narrated by Paul Woodson.