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The Smoke at Dawn by Jeff Shaara

The Smoke at Dawn: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Civil War in the West series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Smoke at Dawn runs 19.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Michael (about 13.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 19.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

489 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 Smoke at Dawn is book 3 of Jeff Shaara's Civil War in the West series: a 19.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Michael, released June 3, 2014, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.7 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Michael
Released
June 3, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
Series
the Civil War in the West #3
ISBN
9780449008706

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Smoke at Dawn as an audiobook?

The Smoke at Dawn runs 19.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.1 hours.

Is The Smoke at Dawn free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Smoke at Dawn?

The Smoke at Dawn is narrated by Paul Michael.

Is The Smoke at Dawn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.1 hours, saving 6.6 hours.