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The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century by Clay Risen

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century runs 12.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Fred Sanders (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Military (History)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century at common listening paces
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30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 4,743 Military (History) 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 Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century is an audiobook by Clay Risen: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Fred Sanders, released June 4, 2019, on the Military (History) and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Fred Sanders
Released
June 4, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History), Military (Biography & Memoir), Law & Politics
ISBN
9781508293033

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century as an audiobook?

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century?

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century is narrated by Fred Sanders.

Is The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.