The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 55 hours in all.
More narrated by Paul Boehmer
Paul Boehmer narrates 472 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,598 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,257 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates is book 1 of James L. Haley's A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure series: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released November 1, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Boehmer
- Released
- November 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- A Bliven Putnam Naval Adventure #1
- ISBN
- 9781524702120
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates as an audiobook?
The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates?
The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates is narrated by Paul Boehmer.
Is The Shores of Tripoli: Lieutenant Putnam and the Barbary Pirates worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.