American Sniper

The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

By: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

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

amazing.

have listened to this book has made me want to be a better person in life and just want to try to help others.

Sniper and their thought process

Puts in perspective and almost sinister thought process of a sniper in war their dilemmas and how was changes them

Great! A must listen!

Great story!! Very Well produced book.. Thoroughly enjoyed this audio book... Interesting to learn about the seal way of life..

couldn't get enough

I have to say that I was in doubt in get this audio book, and I have to say I don't regret it. I'm not much of a war fan, but I have to say that I could picture what he experienced. I haven't seen the movie but I'm afraid because books are always so much better then the movies. I highly recommend this book.

True American Hero.

Anytime warns the topic, there will be strong opinions on both sides. Regardless of your opinion Chris Kyle did a wonderful job under terrible conditions and all of us have ever wore a uniform should be thankful for men like him.

Very good

Where does American Sniper rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Probably one of my favorite audio books

What other book might you compare American Sniper to and why?

Non-fiction of something compared to Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Author was so casual about the events at points. Author was always concerned about our soldiers.

Any additional comments?

Informative with a good story

a great american

What did you love best about American Sniper?

the truth that most people would miss

What did you like best about this story?

the emotion involved in the writing of this story

Which scene was your favorite?

all of them

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

We don't really talk like that :-)

What I appreciated most about this book was Chris Kyle's honesty and relative humility. There were definitely parts that made this Texan uncomfortable: In my world, friends don't waterboard each other or choke each other out, and the good guys don't keep track of how many people they have killed. Nevertheless, Kyle's willingness to share his experiences and opinions helped me understand a career path, make that a way of life, that only a few people are qualified to pursue.

Adding his wife, Taya's, point of view gave the story a dimension that nothing else could have, and I liked the way the narrator changed his voice to represent hers. (In fact, I liked the narrator more when he didn't try to affect an accent that no Texan has ever heard before :-)

At times I thought _American Sniper_ could have been shorter in places, but I quickly forgave it that when I realized a good way into it that this was the same person who had been in the news recently. This is his story, in his own words. How many fallen "warriors" as Kyle called them get to leave such a poignant gift to their loved ones and the world.

Great read!!

Enjoyed it from start to finish!! Recommended read. Chris Kyle was an amazing man and a great war hero.

Awesome.

Great read!

Would you consider the audio edition of American Sniper to be better than the print version?

didn't read the print version

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

when he talks about being in a gun fight.

Any additional comments?

since there is so much bad language - it would be nice to have an option to get an audio version without all the bad words. I enjoyed the realness of this book. He gives you a idea what our men/woman go through while in a dangerous location during this fight that is going on over there. Thank you for your service!