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The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream by Thomas Dyja

The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream runs 17.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Drummond (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.8listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream is an audiobook by Thomas Dyja: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Drummond, released April 8, 2013, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.8 hrs
Narrated by
David Drummond
Released
April 8, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781483061351

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream as an audiobook?

The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.

Is The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream?

The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream is narrated by David Drummond.

Is The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 5.9 hours.