Catalog / The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
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Tim O'Brien
American soldiers in Vietnam carry weapons, memories, guilt, and fear. The stories deliberately blur the line between memory, fiction, and the experience of war.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0618706410
- ISBN-13
- 9780618706419
- ASIN
- 0618706410
Why was The Things They Carried challenged?
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States. The book ranks among the 100 most frequently challenged titles in the United States during the 2000s.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was The Things They Carried banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk United States At risk · School
The book ranks among the 100 most frequently challenged titles in the United States during the 2000s.
Local challenges listed by the ALA.
- Source → Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2000-2009 American Library Association
Other questions
- Is The Things They Carried banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was The Things They Carried challenged?
- The book ranks among the 100 most frequently challenged titles in the United States during the 2000s.
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