The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrew Garman (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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Andrew Garman narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 517 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
1,139 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society is an audiobook by Julian E. Zelizer: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Garman, released February 6, 2015, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Garman
- Released
- February 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781490650166
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society as an audiobook?
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society?
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society is narrated by Andrew Garman.
Is The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.