The things they carried: a work of fiction
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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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9780618706419
9781432846947
9780767902892
9781402573699
9780547420295
9781432846947
9780767902892
9781402573699
9780547420295
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807897014925
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880L
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Table of Contents
From the Book - First Mariner books edition.
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.
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