The Things They Carried
1990
reading level-grade 9reading level-grade 11reading level-grade 10reading level-grade 12fiction, short stories (single author)veterans, fictionfiction, psychologicalvietnam war, 1961-1975, fictionfiction, family lifemarried people, fiction
*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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