Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Russell Shorto (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 65 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
869 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
- Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America is an audiobook by Russell Shorto: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Russell Shorto, released March 4, 2025, on the The Americas and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Russell Shorto
- Released
- March 4, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Europe
- ISBN
- 9798895940624
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America audiobook?
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America?
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America is narrated by Russell Shorto.
Is Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.