The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vanessa Hart and Jim Meskimen (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Vanessa Hart
Vanessa Hart narrates 40 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 354 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
986 World 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 Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own is an audiobook by Jackie Gingrich Cushman and Newt Gingrich: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Vanessa Hart and Jim Meskimen, released November 22, 2010, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vanessa Hart, Jim Meskimen
- Released
- November 22, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781483059471
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own as an audiobook?
The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own?
The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own is narrated by Vanessa Hart and Jim Meskimen.
Is The Essential American: A Patriot’s Resource; 25 Documents and Speeches Every American Should Own worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.