The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David De Vries (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David De Vries
David De Vries narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,355 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
868 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
- The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History
- Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
- Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
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 Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete is an audiobook by Ryan Swanson: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David De Vries, released August 20, 2019, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David De Vries
- Released
- August 20, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781721387052
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete as an audiobook?
The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete?
The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete is narrated by David De Vries.
Is The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.