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The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien

Year
1990
Edition
A First Edition, First Printing.
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
ISBN-13
9780395515983
ISBN-10
039551598X
Readers
385 on Open Library
Rating
4.32 / 5 (41)

Description

*The Things They Carried* (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.

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Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12Fiction, short stories (single author)Veterans, fictionFiction, psychologicalVietnam war, 1961-1975, fictionFiction, family lifeMarried people, fictionMissing persons, fictionPoliticians, fiction

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