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The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra by Eliot Weisman

The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Aston Reese (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.3 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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 Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra is an audiobook by Eliot Weisman: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Aston Reese, released October 24, 2017, on the Memoirs and Arts & Entertainment shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
David Aston Reese
Released
October 24, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781478923145

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra as an audiobook?

The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra?

The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra is narrated by David Aston Reese.