One Perfect Story: Chris Jones on "The Things That Carried Him"
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The 3,741st American Soldier to Die in Iraq
"The 3,744," a story about three U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq, is published by Simon & Schuster this week. Author: "I do title every story I write, just as a wayfinder or like a reminder of what I want the story to be" The author says he didn't give the story its title; it was because Joey is one of these stories. For younger people listening to this May 2008, the end of the Bush administration,. And presidential election in the United States is being run on the Iraq war more or less from one side.
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