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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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103000 |
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digital rda |
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audio file rda |
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CD audio |
| Contents |
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 -- The punishers -- The devil of Ramadi -- Man down -- Hard times -- Mortality -- Home and out. |
| Summary |
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. 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. SEAL Team 3 Chief Chris Kyle served four combat tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom and elsewhere. For his bravery in battle, he was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and one Navy and Marine Corps Commendation. Following his combat deployments, he became chief instructor for training Naval Special Warfare Sniper and Counter-Sniper teams, and he authored the Naval Special Warfare Sniper Doctrine. Today, he is president of Craft International, a worldclass leader in training and security. He lives with his family in Texas, where he devotes much of his spare time to helping disabled veterans. |
| Audience |
830L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.3 17 156925 |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by John Pruden. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Kyle, Chris, 1974-2013.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Snipers -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Navy. SEALs -- Biography.
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e-Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
McEwen, Scott, author.
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DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.
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Pruden, John, narrator.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Kyle, Chris, 1974- American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history [New York] : Harper Audio, ℗2012 9780062209498 (NjBwBT)bl2012010184 (OCoLC)777665014 |
| ISBN |
9780062116130 : $67.99 |
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0062116134 : $67.99 |
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