The Things They Carried
- ISBN-10
- 1606865064
- ISBN-13
- 9781606865064
- Series
- The Things They Carried
- Category
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Pages
- 233
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-01
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
- Author
- Tim O'Brien
Description
Heroic young men carry the emotional weight of their lives to war in Vietnam in a patchwork account of a modern journey into the heart of darkness.
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