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Title The things they carried : a work of fiction / by Tim O'Brien.
Author O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
Publication Info. New York : Broadway Books, 1998.
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Copies/Volumes
Location Call No. Status
 Alafaya  FIC OBR    Checked Out
 Hiawassee  FIC OBR    Checked Out
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC OBR    Checked Out
Edition 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
Description 246 p. ; 21 cm.
Note Originally pub. 1990.
Contents 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.
Local Note OCLS Core Collection
OCLS Core Collection lk note
Nea Big read titles
Subject Short stories.
Autobiographical novels.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Vietnam-oorlog.
Nea Big read titles.
ISBN 0767902890
9780767902892 : $14.95
039551598X : $19.95
9780618706419 : $16.99