The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jamie Renell (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jamie Renell
Jamie Renell narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,150 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
546 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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 Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States is an audiobook by Walter Johnson: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jamie Renell, released April 14, 2020, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jamie Renell
- Released
- April 14, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781549156441
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States as an audiobook?
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States?
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States is narrated by Jamie Renell.
Is The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.