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The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election by Dan Balz, Haynes Johnson

The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election runs 17.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.2listening hrs
Current Affairs, Law, & Politicsstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

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All Dick Hill audiobooks, measured

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 Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election is an audiobook by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released August 4, 2009, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.2 hrs
Narrated by
Dick Hill
Released
August 4, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
ISBN
9781441800619

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election as an audiobook?

The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.

Is The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election?

The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election is narrated by Dick Hill.

Is The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours.