false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179258898m/894391.jpg 894391 6 The only book about the war in Iraq by a soldier on the ground-destined to become a classic of war literature. <br><br> John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition-it had seemed a small sacrifice to give up one weekend a month and two weeks a year in exchange for a free education. But one semester short of graduating, and newly married, he was called to active duty-to serve in Kuwait, then on the front lines of the invasion of Iraq, and ultimately in Baghdad. While serving in Iraq, Crawford began writing short nonfiction stories, his account of what he and his fellow soldiers experienced in the war. At the urging of a journalist embedded with his unit, he began sending his pieces out of the country via an anonymous Internet e-mail account. <br><br> In a voice at once raw and immediate, Crawford's work vividly chronicles the daily life of a young soldier in Iraq-the excitement, the horror, the anger, the tedium, the fear, the camaraderie. All together, the stories slowly uncover something more: the transformation of a group of young college students-innocents-into something entirely different. <br><br> In the tradition of Tim O'Brien's <i>The Things They Carried</i>, this haunting and powerful, brutal but compellingly honest book promises to become the lasting, personal literary account of the United States' involvement in Iraq. 1070651 4 8 2005 The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq total:395|5:76|4:128|3:140|2:41|1:11| 395 1401 520 82 3 1 false false Fri Jan 11 09:33:39 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 09:33:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Apr 06 07:09:18 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 07:13:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Feb 04 18:14:49 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 18:15:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 10 19:10:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 19:15:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Mar 19 08:52:58 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 08:55:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 14:51:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 13:53:19 -0700 2009 The Things They Carried. While the title of Crawford's book and his final chapter are st...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:25:30 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 16:37:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Aug 12 18:26:33 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 18:35:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 19:25:56 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 19:26:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 22 11:19:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:24:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 14:54:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:56:17 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 04:43:40 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 04:46:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:18:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:36:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:02:29 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:04:40 -0800 2008 2 0 true false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Mar 27 14:16:23 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 27 14:32:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 10:47:33 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 11:06:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 08:54:15 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 20:09:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 12:01:08 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 12:01:55 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Mar 08 08:29:12 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 21:06:06 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 16:54:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 05 09:28:49 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 15:53:16 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:28:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=894391