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The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian by Robert D. Kaplan

The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian runs 17.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Jason Martin (about 11.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.2listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian at common listening paces
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30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.2 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,179 World 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 Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian is an audiobook by Robert D. Kaplan: a 17.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Jason Martin, released January 26, 2021, on the World and Law & Politics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.2 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Jason Martin
Released
January 26, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Law & Politics
ISBN
9780593339954

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian as an audiobook?

The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian runs 17.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.5 hours.

Is The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian?

The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian is narrated by Eric Jason Martin.

Is The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.5 hours, saving 5.7 hours.