American Spirit, Taya Kyle
American Spirit, Taya Kyle
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American Spirit
Profiles in Resilience, Courage, and Faith

Author: Taya Kyle, Jim DeFelice

Narrator: Taya Kyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/02/2019


Synopsis

From Taya Kyle, New York Times bestselling author of American Wife and widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, an inspiring collection of stories, both personal and drawn from American history, that showcase the resilience of the “American spirit.”

After losing her husband, “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, Taya Kyle entered a period of immense pain and grief. She was able to pull herself from the depths of that devastation with the help of family and friends—and also many strangers across America, who shared their own stories of suffering, survival and triumph. Bolstered by their resilience, Taya began a new career as an inspirational speaker and foundation leader, spreading her message of hope and love across the country.Now, in American Spirit, Taya gives back to those who helped her along the way, by sharing the stories of Americans who inspired her. Working again with trusted collaborator Jim DeFelice (coauthor of American Sniper and American Wife), she tells the remarkable stories of more than 30 Americans, young and old, rich and not-so-rich, famous and unknown, who have done extraordinary things for their communities and for the national at large. There is the 9/11 survivor who became a senator, the reality TV star who helped the homeless when everyone else wanted to send them out of town, the young man who went trick or treating for a local food bank—and many other veterans, ministers, reporters, football stars, pilots, and teachers who show the very best side of America.

About Taya Kyle

Taya Kyle is executive director of the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation. Chris and Taya’s story was the subject of Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster film American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. She is a featured speaker on the Patriot Tour, with Marcus Luttrell, David Goggins, and Chad Fleming. Taya is the New York Times bestselling author of American Wife. She lives in Texas.

About Jim DeFelice

Jim DeFelice is the author of sixteen New York Times bestsellers, including American Sniper, the basis for Bradley Cooper’s blockbuster movie of the same name. Some of his other credits include Every Man a Hero, a bestselling account of Army medic Ray Lambert’s heroics at D-Day in World War Two, and They Called Us Lucky, the story of Lima 3/25, the Marine Corps’ hardest hit unit in the Iraq War and the life of Congressman Ruben Gallego, a Harvard undergrad who joined the Corps to serve as an enlisted grunt.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick

Taya Kyle, wife of deceased Chris Kyle of American Sniper fame, pend, with co-author Jim DeFelice, an anecdotal anthology of nonprofit ventures and their stories that encapsulate American attitudes of strength and optimism. Kyle's vision sees emergence of success out of the rubble of pain, despair a......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I have read and enjoyed "American Sniper" by Chris Kyle and "American Wife" by his wife Taya Kyle so I really wanted to read this one as well. I found it through my public library and am very glad I made the effort to do so. This book introduces the reader to more than thirty people who have done so......more

Goodreads review by Pam

American Spirit is by Taya Kyle. During the months after her husband’s death, Taya heard stories and read stories about people who had gone to great lengths to help others after having endured some tragedy of their own. She gathered these stories and presents them in a book to let people know that t......more

Goodreads review by LAMONT

YOU WILL BE INSPIRED, CHALLENGED AND MOVED TO ACTION AFTER READING THIS BOOK AND THE STORIES OF AVERAGE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO BETTER THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS; IT TRULY GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT AT ITS BEST; I LOVE HOW SHE WEAVES IN HER OWN THOUGHTS A......more

Do more! That's the motto of the writer of this book, a collection of real stories of people and groups that make it their missions to help others in any way possible. Some of these folks have participated in what became incredibly large projects while others are much smaller scale, but all of these......more