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American Sniper

By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
Narrated by: John Pruden
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He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called "the devil" by the enemies he hunted and "the legend" by his Navy SEAL brothers.

From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions. Gripping and unforgettable, Kyle’s masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time.

A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father, Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy. After 9/11, he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror, and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire. He recorded a personal-record 2,100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah, Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi, he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat. Kyle talks honestly about the pain of war - of twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends.

American Sniper also honors Kyle's fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyle's wife, Taya, speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children, as well as on Chris.

Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell.

©2012 Chris Kyle (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers

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AMAZING

This book met and exceeded my expectations. The narrator was great and I could even hear true emotion in his voice which got me into the book even more.

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Very intense. Kyle puts you right in the action

If you liked the movie, you love this book. They are quite different from one-another. The book are Kyle's direct accounts of his engagements with insurgents and countless stories of life as a seal in Iraq, where as the movie is, well... a movie.

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Great respect

Wow great story line felt like Chris was the narrator the way it was read almost as from his own memory found my self cussing and cheering as events unfolded thanks to soldiers like these men and many others I we live free so THANKS

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Fantastic!

This book is very good and I enjoyed the tone and pace of the narrator. Usually when I read a book I speed read so this was a different and relaxing experience. So good hard to do!

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Pretty good

Narrator was good.

The book itself was a bit confusing for someone who is not too familiar with military stuff.

He was a bit cocky in tone for my taste, but I suppose you have to be to accomplish such things.

I thought the organization was a bit confusing at times and it all blended together a bit.

Good book overall.

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Great Life = Great Story!

I very much enjoyed this book. This is an example of a life lived. The world is made up of all different types. Whether you agree or disagree with his point of view this was his life and how he used the time he was given.

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Sniper-Loved it!

Great story. This is a must have. Best Saturday I've had enjoying a book in a long time. Loved it!

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Awesome story!

Loved the story! The only thing that I would have changed is the narrator's voice when speaking for Taya, it was not much different from Chris voice at all and a little hard to follow.

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An American Hero

What did you love best about American Sniper?

I always thought Chris Kyle was a self-righteous prima donna. This book really opened my eyes as to who he was and what he was like. I was very wrong.

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I appreciated the parts where his "human" side came out and he talked about his struggles. His wife's perspective also lent well to the content of the book.

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Awesome

Great read. Written by a great man!!! Would recommend to anyone and everyone! Really changes a persons view of military personnel,

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