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The Dawn's Early Light by Walter Lord

The Dawn's Early Light: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dawn's Early Light runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dawn's Early Light at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 69% 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 Dawn's Early Light is an audiobook by Walter Lord: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released November 13, 2018, on the Military (History) and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Norman Dietz
Released
November 13, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History), The Americas
ISBN
9781977383938

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dawn's Early Light as an audiobook?

The Dawn's Early Light runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is The Dawn's Early Light free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dawn's Early Light?

The Dawn's Early Light is narrated by Norman Dietz.

Is The Dawn's Early Light worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

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