American Sniper (Memorial Edition, with additional 80+ pages of In Memoriam added to original text) SIGNED by Taya Kyle w/ inscription

Kyle, Chris and Taya Kyle, with Jim Felice and Scott McEwen

ISBN 10: 0062319280 / ISBN 13: 9780062319289

Published by William Morrow (First edition, first printing), 2013

About this Item

William Morrow (HarperCollins), copyright 2012, 2013. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. This Memorial Edition is signed and inscribed by Taya Kyle on the short-title page. The inscription is to Joe Tom, who likely was a well-known radio personality in the Fort Worth, TX, area. This copy of the book is in good to fair condition because the bottom corners of the front board (cover) have been nibbled by a puppy, probably, and the dust jacket has been affected, too, at those corners. Just minimal nibble marks--not chewed through. Also, the top edge of the dust jacket, back panel, interior, has a damp stain (bleeding stain). Otherwise, the book is in good, sound condition. Firm binding. Clean, crisp text. Book appears only lightly used. No marks other than the inscription by Taya Kyle. If you discount the corners on front board, book in better-than-good condition. Please ask for a photo to meet your specs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Sniper (Memorial Edition, with additional 80+ pages of In Memoriam added to original text) SIGNED by Taya Kyle w/ inscription
• Publisher: William Morrow (First edition, first printing)
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062319280
• ISBN 13: 9780062319289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

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 Kyle's 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 Kyles fellow warriors, who raised hell on and off the battlefield. And in moving first-person accounts throughout, Kyles 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.