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Book
Title:
American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
ISBN:
9780062376572
Edition:
First Harper premium printing.
Publication:
New York, New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
Physical Description:
viii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes bonus material (p. [433]-466): Behind the making of the American sniper film: Something other than work / Taya Kyle -- From the depth of grief, a legend / Jason Hall.
Contents:
Author's note -- Map of Iraq -- Prologue: Evil in the crosshairs -- Bustin' broncs and other ways of having fun -- Jackhammered -- Takedowns -- Five minutes to live -- Sniper -- Dealing death -- Down in the shit -- Family conflicts -- Punishers -- Devil of Ramadi -- Man down -- Hard times -- Mortality -- Home and out -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
A member of Navy SEAL Team 3 describes his life as a father and husband, and as the serviceman with the most confirmed sniper kills in the history of the United States military while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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