The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 runs 24.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Lescault (about 16.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 24.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 49 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 days |
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What our data says
- At 24.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Lescault
John Lescault narrates 148 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,722 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
137 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 is an audiobook by Frederick Law Olmsted: a 24.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Lescault, released March 3, 2020, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 24.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Lescault
- Released
- March 3, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781094093659
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How long is The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 as an audiobook?
The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 runs 24.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.4 hours.
Is The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861?
The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 is narrated by John Lescault.
Is The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveler’s Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States, 1853–1861 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.4 hours, saving 8.2 hours.