{"product_id":"the-things-they-carried-9780547391175","title":"The Things They Carried","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic, life-changing meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling, with more than two-million copies in print \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDepicting the men of Alpha Company--Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O'Brien, who survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three--the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e opened our eyes to the nature of war in a way we will never forget. It is taught everywhere, from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative writing, and in the decades since its publication it has never failed to challenge our perceptions of fact and fiction, war and peace, and courage, longing, and fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Houghton Mifflin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547391175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 6.08w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2010 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2014 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e57010 \/ Things They Carried\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tim O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638698406044,"sku":"9780547391175","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7174777e-bbb2-42ac-a95f-822aa10f76f5.jpg?v=1603847957","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-things-they-carried-9780547391175","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}