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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island by Earl Swift

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Parks (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island at common listening paces
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30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% 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

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island is an audiobook by Earl Swift: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Parks, released August 7, 2018, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Parks
Released
August 7, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Non-Fiction
ISBN
9780062858245

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island audiobook?

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island?

Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island is narrated by Tom Parks.

Is Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.