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In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Taylor Mali (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter 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

In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is an audiobook by Nathaniel Philbrick: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Taylor Mali, released September 15, 2015, on the The Americas and Computers & Technology shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Taylor Mali
Released
September 15, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Computers & Technology
ISBN
9781504655750

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How long is the In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex audiobook?

In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

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Who narrates In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex?

In the Heart of the Sea, Young Reader’s Edition: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex is narrated by Taylor Mali.