A special movie tie-in edition of the #1 bestselling memoir by the late Chris
Kyle -- includes brand new material about the making of the film and an insert
featuring stills from the movie.
Now a major motion picture
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. His fellow American warriors, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions during the Iraqi War, called him "The Legend"
內容簡介:
SOON TO BE A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE:
Shooting is underway for Clint Eastwood’s 2015 film adaptation starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. The box office success of the 2013 film adaptation of Marcus Luttrell’sLone Survivorsent his memoir straight to
the top of the bestseller list. With Warner Bros backing and promoting the
film, AMERICAN SNIPER is sure to enjoy the same kind of sales boost.
ALL NEW MATERIAL: The book will include a number of features
about the making of the film, including Taya Kyle’s reflections on the
challenges and excitement involved in sharing her husband’s story onscreen and
a new photo insert filled with stills from the movie.
AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY: America has connected deeply with Kyle’s
story and continues to celebrate his legacy after his tragic death in 2013.
AMERICAN SNIPER has come to be one of the defining books of the decade.
GHOST-WRITTEN BY TOP THRILLER WRITER: Just as Lone Survivor had
Patrick Robinson attached as co-writer, we have Jim DeFelice signed up to bring Kyle’s story to life. DeFelice has written a number of acclaimed military thrillers, including the Rogue Warrior series by Richard Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team 6, the elite unit that eliminated Osama Bin Laden.
關於作者:
SEAL Team 3 Chief Chris Kyle 1974-2013 was awarded two Silver Stars, five Bronze Stars with Valor, and numerous other citations. Following four combat tours in Iraq, he became chief instructor for training Naval Special Warfare sniper teams. He is the author ofAmerican Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms. A native Texan, Kyle is survived by his wife, Taya, and their two children.
Scott McEwen is a trial lawyer in San Diego.
Jim DeFelice is the author ofOmar Bradley: General at War, the first in-depth critical biography of America''s last five-star general. He also writes a number of acclaimed military thrillers, including the Rogue Warrior series with Richard Marcinko, founder of SEAL Team 6, and the novels in the Dreamland series with Dale Brown.
內容試閱:
He was the top American sniper of all time, called “the legend” by his Navy SEAL brothers, and a hero by those he served on the home front . . .
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. 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 greatest 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 911, 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 service and sacrifice that only one man could tell.