Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero audiobook runs 11.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 1,570 Sports audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sports shelf
180 Sports 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
Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero is an audiobook by Christopher Klein: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released July 7, 2015, on the Sports and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- July 7, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sports, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781504615686
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero audiobook?
Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero?
Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero is narrated by Joe Barrett.
Is Strong Boy: The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America’s First Sports Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.