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Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America by Henry Jenkins

Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Eric Burgher (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 9,905 Social Science 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

Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America is an audiobook by Henry Jenkins: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Burgher, released February 25, 2025, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Burgher
Released
February 25, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9798855599046

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America audiobook?

Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is the Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America?

Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America is narrated by Eric Burgher.

Is Where the Wild Things Were: Boyhood and Permissive Parenting in Postwar America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.