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9780140147735

The Things They Carried

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  • ISBN13:

    9780140147735

  • ISBN10:

    014014773X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-03-01
  • Publisher: Penguin Group USA

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Summary

Each of these 22 tales relate the exploits and personalities of a fictional platoon of American soldiers in Vietnam.

Author Biography

TIM O'BRIEN received the 1979 National Book Award in Fiction for Going After Cacciato. In the Lake of the Woods was a national bestseller, received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians, and was selected as the best novel of 1994 by Time magazine. His most recent novel is Tomcat in Love.

Table of Contents

The Things They Carriedp. 1
Lovep. 27
Spinp. 31
On the Rainy Riverp. 39
Enemiesp. 62
Friendsp. 65
How to Tell a True War Storyp. 67
The Dentistp. 86
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bongp. 89
Stockingsp. 117
Churchp. 119
The Man I Killedp. 124
Ambushp. 131
Stylep. 135
Speaking of Couragep. 137
Notesp. 155
In the Fieldp. 162
Good Formp. 179
Field Tripp. 181
The Ghost Soldiersp. 189
Night Lifep. 219
The Lives of the Deadp. 225
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