Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
Purchase Benefits
What is included with this book?
Outline Title | |
Page Maps/Photos (Joe has over 200 photos to select from, in Iraq and Afghanistan) | |
Glossary | |
Introduction: A day that changed my life forever | |
Introduction will cover Joe's youth, growing up in Brooklyn, tour of duty in US | |
Army Rangers, return to NYC, and of course, September 11th-September | |
11th is the anchor of the introduction and Joe's thoughts on September 11th weave throughout the book | |
Book One: "Insurgent at 1100 Meters, Lieutenant." | |
"Roger that | |
Take the shot | |
Joe's combat in Iraq dominates this section, the guts of the book are all here-this is the section that will appeal most to the military reader | |
His affection for Natalie, which the reader will first get in the introduction, grows here and the general reader will stay hooked on the love groove | |
Joe saw a ton of action, including "The Shot," and the combat will no doubt draw in many readers | |
The witnesses to Joe's seemingly-impossible shot will also recount that mission-among them are Captain Adam Bohlen, US Army 10th Mountain Division | |
You're familiar with Bohlen, of course, fromAmong Warriors in Iraq, a book in which LeBleu appears also | |
Book Two: Far Afghan Hills Joe was on a lot of dicey, very high-risk sniper missions in Afghanistan, and his thoughts on fighting the Taliban and Al Qaeda are provocative, engaging, and intriguing | |
The grueling and very challenging nature of sniper missions in the rugged and remote mountains of Afghanistan provide the general reader with real contrast to the desert and urban missions of Book One | |
Again, Joe's love for Natalie binds the narrative | |
Book Three: Coming Home The warrior at rest | |
Joe felt that his debt to America was paid, having served in the Rangers and the paratroopers, and trusted his gut | |
His transition to civilian life, "back to The World," as grunts like to put it, wasn't easy but Natalie certainly made it far less difficult than it would've been without her | |
This section will also have Joe's thoughts on training Mark Wahlberg for the film, Shooter, and his last words on the impact of September 11th on his life | |
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
An excerpt from Long Rifle
“Night and day, throughout September, I was on more missions than any other sniper.
I was sweat-soaked and tired and hungry all the time. . . . I remember telling my team, ‘Who gives a shit, we’ll get all the sleep we need when we’re dead and I don’t intend on dying just yet.’
I remember saying that a lot throughout the tour in Fallujah, ‘I’ll get all the sleep I need when I’m dead,’ and my team would smile and Eggleston would say, ‘Roger that.’ They must have really thought that I’d lost it; no doubt, my pearls of wisdom kept them on their toes. . . .
Something that a lot of people don’t understand is that in the middle of hell, the only thing that you’ve got is comedy.”
Excerpted from Long Rifle: A Sniper's Story in Iraq and Afghanistan by Joe LeBleu, Mike Tucker
All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.