The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics runs 16.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Poe (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
503 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics is an audiobook by William J. Cooper: a 16.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released October 24, 2017, on the The Americas and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Law & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781501974168
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics as an audiobook?
The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics runs 16.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics?
The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics is narrated by Richard Poe.
Is The Lost Founding Father: John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.6 hours.