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Never Call Retreat by Bruce Catton

Never Call Retreat: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Centennial History of the Civil War series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Never Call Retreat audiobook runs 19.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Never Call Retreat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day39 days
1 hour / day20 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 93% 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

Never Call Retreat is book 3 of Bruce Catton's Centennial History of the Civil War series: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released September 3, 2010, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.5 hrs
Narrated by
Nelson Runger
Released
September 3, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
Series
Centennial History of the Civil War #3
ISBN
9781436147033

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Never Call Retreat audiobook?

Never Call Retreat runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.

Is the Never Call Retreat audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Never Call Retreat?

Never Call Retreat is narrated by Nelson Runger.

Is Never Call Retreat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.