The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America runs 17 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dean Gallagher (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 17 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dean Gallagher
Dean Gallagher narrates 74 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 627 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
506 World 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 Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America is an audiobook by Geoff Williams: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Dean Gallagher, released August 31, 2026, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dean Gallagher
- Released
- August 31, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798318568909
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America as an audiobook?
The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America?
The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America is narrated by Dean Gallagher.
Is The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern Day America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.