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The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York by Alex Palmer

The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Michael Summerer (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York is an audiobook by Alex Palmer: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Michael Summerer, released October 1, 2015, on the The Americas and World Religions shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Michael Summerer
Released
October 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, World Religions, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781494587253

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York as an audiobook?

The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York?

The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York is narrated by Eric Michael Summerer.