History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by William DeMeritt (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by William DeMeritt
William DeMeritt narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 286 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
957 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- 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
History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery is an audiobook by Richard Kurin: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by William DeMeritt, released September 22, 2026, on the The Americas and Biology & Chemistry shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- William DeMeritt
- Released
- September 22, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9798217340507
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery audiobook?
History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is the History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery?
History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery is narrated by William DeMeritt.
Is History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.