He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Bedford Lloyd and Paul Boehmer and others (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
John Bedford Lloyd narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 674 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,839 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him is an audiobook by Eve Claxton and Mimi Baird: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Bedford Lloyd, Paul Boehmer and Jane Alexander, released February 17, 2015, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Bedford Lloyd, Paul Boehmer, Jane Alexander
- Released
- February 17, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, History & Culture, Mental Health & Psychology
- ISBN
- 9781101890042
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How long is the He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him audiobook?
He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
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Who narrates He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him?
He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him is narrated by John Bedford Lloyd, Paul Boehmer and Jane Alexander.