Things They Carried

No cover — Tim O'Brien (duplicate): Things They Carried (2009, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers)

English language

Published Oct. 5, 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-1-299-88641-4

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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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