The greatest sniper stories ever told / / edited by Tom McCarthy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798265503321
• Autore: McCarthy Tom <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4930-2208-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 356/.162
• Soggetti: Sniping (Military science) - History; Snipers - History; Snipers
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Down in the shit -- Gunny Mitchell comes to Casey's aid -- It's not about killing, it's about living, and somehow I lived -- Target practice: 1918 -- The hide site: three stories -- The long shot -- The sniper in the trenches -- The sharpshooters of Vermont: a Civil War account -- April fool's day -- The nastiest fight -- The sniper ethos and its dilemma.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Greatest Sniper Stories Ever Told, editor Tom McCarthy has pulled together some of the finest writings about snipers that capture readers imaginations, meticulously culled from books, magazines, movies, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Chris Kyle (author of American Sniper), Joe LeBleu, Gina Cavallaro and Matt Larsen, and many others. It includes tales of legendary snipers from the Revolutionary War up through present-day Afghanistan and Iraq.