The Man Who Invented Florida: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Doc Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Invented Florida runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dick Hill (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Doc Ford
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 22.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 35.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanibel Flats | 12.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Heat Islands | 10.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Man Who Invented Florida | 12.6 hrs |
More narrated by Dick Hill
Dick Hill narrates 355 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,167 hours in all.
- The Black Echo
- Killing Floor
- The Black Ice
- The Concrete Blonde
- The Last Coyote
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,292 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Man Who Invented Florida is book 3 of Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford series: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Dick Hill, released August 9, 2010, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dick Hill
- Released
- August 9, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense, Fiction
- Series
- Doc Ford #3
- ISBN
- 9781400186709
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man Who Invented Florida as an audiobook?
The Man Who Invented Florida runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Man Who Invented Florida free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man Who Invented Florida?
The Man Who Invented Florida is narrated by Dick Hill.
Is The Man Who Invented Florida worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.