The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Bedford Lloyd (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Bedford Lloyd
John Bedford Lloyd narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 362 hours in all.
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
- The Power Of Positive Thinking: Ten Traits for Maximum Results
- A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
487 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
- Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
- The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
- The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West is an audiobook by David McCullough: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Bedford Lloyd, released May 7, 2019, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Bedford Lloyd
- Released
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781508279099
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West as an audiobook?
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West?
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West is narrated by John Bedford Lloyd.
Is The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.