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I trained to be a documentary filmmaker and worked in that industry for about fifteen years before getting involved with book projects. The basic techniques involved in designing a film project apply just as well to non-fiction books so the transition was easy. The books turned out to be more fun, more filled with adventure, and more profitable than the film work so I gradually took on books rather than films.

Although I hear a lot of people complain about the difficulty of getting a book contract, that has never been my experience right from the start. And I never have "writer's block" or any of the other typical complaints of our peculiar breed. Telling stories has always been fun for me and I will explain how and why in a blog on this si ...more

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	Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper by Hans Halberstadt (Goodreads Author), Jack Coughlin (Foreword) 3.93 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 1951 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U.S. Navy SEALs: The Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U. S. Navy SEALs 3.63 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U. S. Navy SEALs in Action 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Battle Rattle: The Stuff a Soldier Carries by Hans Halberstadt (Goodreads Author), Eric Graves (Foreword), Stephen Hilliard (Afterword) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	U S Marine Corps (The Power Series) 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Be a Military Sniper by Hans Halberstadt (Goodreads Author), Hans Halberstadt (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great American Train Stations : Classic Terminals and Depots by Hans Halberstadt (Goodreads Author), April Halberstadt 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Story Behind My First Book Contract

AN ACCIDENTAL AUTHOR
My career in the book business started, as so many good things in life seem to do, by accident. While working on a PR film for Exxon I met Capt. Jim Shanower, a Coast Guard officer, and when he found out that I produced documentary films, he invited me aboard his ship, the cutter Morgenthau, to see what "Coasties" really do.

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“The 77-grain bullet has great penetration, too. I shot one guy through the windshield of a car and hit him in the head, right where I was aiming, killing him instantly. If I had been using the lighter bullet, I think it would have been deflected.”
― Hans Halberstadt, Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper

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“If you ask any good sniper, he will tell you that making the kill is better than sex. If you offer this sniper an opportunity to shoot twelve enemy soldiers or to hop in bed with a Playboy playmate, the sniper will choose the chance to make the kills first—then he will want the girl, too!”
― Hans Halberstadt, Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper

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