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The Things They Carried
Tim O’Brien
Of these stories, five first appeared in Esquire: ‘The Things They Carried’, ‘How to Tell a True War Story’, ‘Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong’, ‘The Ghost Soldiers’ and ‘The Lives of the Dead’. ‘Speaking of Courage’ was first published in The Massachusetts Review, then later, in a revised version, in Granta. ‘In the Field’ was first published in Gentlemen’s Quarterly. ‘Style’, ‘Spin’ and ‘The Man I Killed’ were first published, in different form, in The Quarterly. ‘The Things They Carried’ appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1987. ‘Speaking of Courage’ and ‘The Ghost Soldiers’ appeared in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards (1978 and 1982). ‘On the Rainy River’ first appeared in Playboy.
The author wishes to thank the editors of those publications and to express gratitude for support received from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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