Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by David De Vries (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David De Vries
David De Vries narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,355 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
953 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
- The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
- Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
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
Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City is an audiobook by Carl Smith: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by David De Vries, released December 8, 2020, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- David De Vries
- Released
- December 8, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781664783867
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City audiobook?
Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City audiobook free?
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Who narrates Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City?
Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City is narrated by David De Vries.
Is Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.