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The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI by Peter Hernon

The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Hoye (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 5,887 The Americas 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 Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI is an audiobook by Peter Hernon: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Hoye, released June 13, 2017, on the The Americas and Military (History) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Hoye
Released
June 13, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Military (History)
ISBN
9780062676917

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI as an audiobook?

The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI?

The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI is narrated by Stephen Hoye.

Is The Great Rescue: American Heroes, an Iconic Ship, and the Race to Save Europe in WWI worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.