01691cam a22003375a 4500 8266 8266 15845973 OSt 20200909132648.0 090731t20091990mau 000 1 eng 2009029928 9780618706419 0618706410 (OCoLC)ocn422760833 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP VUE BWX PX0 MOZ DLC PS3565.B75 T48 2009 813/.54 22 O'Brien, Tim, 1946- The things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien. 1st Mariner Books ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, c1990. 233 p. ; 21 cm. 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. 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. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Fiction. War stories, American. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009029928-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1202/2009029928-d.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc MON