The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Sadzin (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 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 |
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 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Sadzin
David Sadzin narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 946 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
864 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
- The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
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 World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero is an audiobook by Michael Kranish: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Sadzin, released May 7, 2019, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Sadzin
- Released
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781508286400
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero as an audiobook?
The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero?
The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero is narrated by David Sadzin.
Is The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.