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The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York by Matthew Goodman

The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

All Malcolm Hillgartner audiobooks, measured

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 Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York is an audiobook by Matthew Goodman: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released December 1, 2008, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
December 1, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781483057699

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York as an audiobook?

The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York?

The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.

Is The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.