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The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jim Gough (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2005released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 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 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,445 Historical (Fiction) 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 Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage is an audiobook by Zane Grey: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Gough, released June 25, 2005, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Jim Gough
Released
June 25, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
ISBN
9781481599481

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage as an audiobook?

The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage?

The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage is narrated by Jim Gough.

Is The Desert Crucible: The Real Sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.