Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Samantha Desz (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Samantha Desz
Samantha Desz narrates 118 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
838 The Americas 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
Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways is an audiobook by Tyler J. Kelley: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Samantha Desz, released April 20, 2021, on the The Americas and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samantha Desz
- Released
- April 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781797121376
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How long is the Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways audiobook?
Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways audiobook free?
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Who narrates Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways?
Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways is narrated by Samantha Desz.