- Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
- Year Published: 1990
- Description: 273 p. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 880
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0767902890 :
- 014014773x :
- 039551598X :
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war love vietnam friendship national book critics circle award for fiction finalist pulitzer prize for fiction finalist soldier 1970s stories short vietnam semi-autobiographical
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The things they carried : a work of fiction
by O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
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Call number: Fiction , Teen Fiction
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Things they carried -- Love -- Spin -- On the Rainy River -- Enemies -- Friends -- How to tell a true war story -- Dentist -- Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong -- Stockings -- Church -- Man I killed -- Ambush -- Style -- Speaking of courage -- Notes -- In the field -- Good form -- Field trip -- Ghost soldiers -- Night life -- Lives of the dead.
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One of my favorite books, and I don't even consider myself a fan of war stories. The way this book is written is beautiful and fascinating.
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