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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John McLain (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 77% 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 Searchers: The Making of an American Legend is an audiobook by Glenn Frankel: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John McLain, released May 19, 2026, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
John McLain
Released
May 19, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9798260201008

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend as an audiobook?

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend?

The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend is narrated by John McLain.

Is The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.