The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Making of America series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pete Cross (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Making of America
This is book 1. Books 1 to 8 run 50.6 hours in all.
More narrated by Pete Cross
Pete Cross narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,830 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
129 Non-fiction (Kids) 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 Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln is book 1 of Teri Kanefield's Making of America series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Cross, released February 15, 2022, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pete Cross
- Released
- February 15, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids)
- Series
- The Making of America #1
- ISBN
- 9781666533965
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln as an audiobook?
The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln?
The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln is narrated by Pete Cross.
Is The Making of America: Volume 1: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.