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An edition of The Things They Carried (1990)

The Things They Carried

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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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Penguin (Non-Classics)
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English
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288

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Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fiction, short stories (single author), Veterans, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction, Fiction, family life, Married people, fiction, Missing persons, fiction, Politicians, fiction, Minnesota, fiction, Politicians, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, American War stories, Missing persons, Married people, Veterans, Fiction, Short stories, Soldiers, Loneliness, Male friendship, Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975, Romans, nouvelles, Anciens combattants, Solitude, Amitié masculine, Military Personnel, Fictional works, War, Vietnam Conflict

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Things They Carried
2018, Thorndike Press
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The Things They Carried
Mar 22, 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The things they carried : a work of fiction
2009, Mariner Books
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The Things They Carried
2007, Broadway Books
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The Things They Carried
2002, Turtleback
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The things they carried: a work of fiction
1991, Penguin Books
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The things they carried
July 25, 1991, Flamingo
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The Things They Carried
April 1, 1991, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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1990, Houghton Mifflin
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The Things They Carried
1990, Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence
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"First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey."

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OL7348802M
ISBN 10
014014773X
ISBN 13
9780140147735
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3064
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