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American Sniper Book Report
What is it like to be an American Sniper? Chris Kyle knows above and beyond what it is like. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle recorded the most Career Sniper kills in the United States Military History. American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice over does just a good read. American Sniper tells the story of an American Hero going above and beyond serving our country.

While the book is just an Autobiography, an American hero plays the main focus of the book. With a whopping 400 pages, the book describes Chris Kyle's journey of going on combat deployments as an United States Navy Seal. American Sniper is a well written, very descriptive autobiography. While in certain parts on the book the vocabulary may proceed

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