The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Erik Synnestvedt (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Erik Synnestvedt
Erik Synnestvedt narrates 140 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 999 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
865 Social Science 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 Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War is an audiobook by David Laskin: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Erik Synnestvedt, released March 23, 2010, on the Social Science and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Erik Synnestvedt
- Released
- March 23, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Military (Biography & Memoir)
- ISBN
- 9781400184507
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War as an audiobook?
The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Is The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War?
The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War is narrated by Erik Synnestvedt.
Is The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.