Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Chandler (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Chandler
David Chandler narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 895 hours in all.
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About as long, on the The Americas shelf
872 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
- Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
- The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
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
Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America is an audiobook by Philip Dray: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Chandler, released March 11, 2008, on the The Americas and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Chandler
- Released
- March 11, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9781449801694
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America audiobook?
Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America audiobook free?
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Who narrates Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America?
Stealing God's Thunder: Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America is narrated by David Chandler.