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The Great Liquor War by David M. McGowan

The Great Liquor War: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Hank James series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Liquor War runs 5.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by D. M. McGowan (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Great Liquor War at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hank James series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 12 hours in all.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

484 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 Great Liquor War is book 1 of David M. McGowan's Hank James series: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by D. M. McGowan, released August 28, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
D. M. McGowan
Released
August 28, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
Series
Hank James series #1
ISBN
9798318272806

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Liquor War as an audiobook?

The Great Liquor War runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.

Is The Great Liquor War free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Great Liquor War?

The Great Liquor War is narrated by D. M. McGowan.