The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Russell Shorto (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Russell Shorto
Russell Shorto narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 65 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
756 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 Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America is an audiobook by Russell Shorto: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Russell Shorto, released August 16, 2016, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Russell Shorto
- Released
- August 16, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781524733742
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America as an audiobook?
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America?
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America is narrated by Russell Shorto.
Is The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.