American Sniper : (Record no. 2643)
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| control field | 2643 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20240204140134.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780062376572 |
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| Transcribing agency | Booku |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 929 KYL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | American Sniper : |
| Remainder of title | The Autobiography Of The Most Lethal Sniper In U.S. Military History |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General Non Fiction | Booku Library Services | Booku Library Services | 04/02/2024 | Donation | 929 KYL | 9780062376572 | 04/02/2024 | 1 | 04/02/2024 | Book |