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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! True American Hero

He even sounds like I would imagine Chris Kyle to sound... Awesome!
A Great American Hero!

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Best autobiography ever!!!

This book gives the reader so much depth and detail into his life. I highly recommend this book!

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Hero

I thought this was a great book. I'm so glad I read it before seeing the movie. The narrator was very nice to listen to.

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a true American Hero

The true American hero a real shame his life was cut short god bless you

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Fantastic

Fantastic insight into the military and the Seals. Loved how the story was told. A true patriot and hero.

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True American Hero

Would you listen to American Sniper again? Why?

I would if my students wanted to read this book as a literature circle book... but I would not readily push this book in my classroom because of the necessary profanity that is used to demonstrate what a soldier has to go through to do his/her job.

What was one of the most memorable moments of American Sniper?

Post partum depression

Have you listened to any of John Pruden’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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If you listen/read this book and do not understand why Kyle is one of American's greatest heroes... You need to join the military to prove that you can protect the country that allows you have such an opinion... like Kyle did.

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Excellent book

I Believe that this is one of the best military books I've read in a long time.
This book showed so much on not just what war is like, but what a warrior truly faces in the military and what a military family goes through.
This is definitely the case of a book being better than the movie!!

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Awesome story of a hero!

Compelling, captivating, and riveting are first three words that come to mind after listening to American Sniper! I would recommend this story to anyone to capture this story of a true American hero!

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Life on the way

Enjoyed the freshness of a hero without bragging what a loss of a real honest to God person

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Modern-day Patriot

Chris Kyle was truly a modern-day warrior, yet had true feelings for his comrades and his family. He explained (simply) all the military acronyms, helpful to one who never served. How ironic that he escaped death so many times as a SEAL, only to be taken down as a civilian "in his own backyard" (not included in the book). My thanks to Chris, his family and all military personnel and families for their service to this great nation. Initially, I had difficulty with the narrator but ultimately got used to it (this... from a native Texan).

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