River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom audiobook runs 19.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Perkins (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
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What our data says
- At 19.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Tom Perkins narrates 208 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,284 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
123 Historical (Romance) 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
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom is an audiobook by Walter Johnson: a 19.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Perkins, released October 19, 2021, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Perkins
- Released
- October 19, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- ISBN
- 9781666145960
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom audiobook?
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom runs 19.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is the River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom audiobook free?
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Who narrates River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom?
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom is narrated by Tom Perkins.
Is River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.4 hours.