The things they carried
a work of fiction
1st Broadway Books trade paperback ed.
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Word Count
68,250 words, Guess
Page Count
273 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780767902892
- ISBN-100767902890
- ISBN-139780767902892
- Goodreads133518
- Library of Congress Control Number98049677
and 2 more
- Better World BooksP8-AII-685
- Open LibraryOL386886M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3565.B75 T48 1998
Description
*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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