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The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence Powell

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Brian Arens (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.6listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans is an audiobook by Lawrence Powell: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Arens, released August 1, 2026, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.6 hrs
Narrated by
Brian Arens
Released
August 1, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas, Travel Tips
ISBN
9798182608039

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans as an audiobook?

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans?

The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans is narrated by Brian Arens.

Is The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.