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The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Sadzin (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 5,887 The Americas 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 Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America is an audiobook by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by David Sadzin, released September 8, 2026, on the The Americas and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
David Sadzin
Released
September 8, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, History & Culture
ISBN
9781797198767

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America as an audiobook?

The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America?

The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America is narrated by David Sadzin.

Is The Ballad of the Fugitive William Parker: A True Tale of Love, Murder, Treason, and Ordinary Folks who Saved America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.