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The things they carried / by Tim O'Brien.

Van Pelt Library PS3565.B75 T48 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
Veterans.
United States.
Genre:
Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Physical Description:
273 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
First Broadway Books trade paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
Summary:
Weapons and good-luck charms carried by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam here represent survival, lost innocence and the war's interminable legacy.
Contents:
The things they carried
Love
Spin
On the rainy river
Enemies
Friends
How to tell a true war story
The dentist
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
Stockings
Church
The man I killed
Ambush
Style
Speaking of courage
Notes
In the field
Good form
Field trip
The ghost soldiers
Night life
The lives of the dead.
ISBN:
0767902890
9780767902892
OCLC:
433934725

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