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Critical Sources:
- Baker, Carlos. Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story. New York: Scribner's, 1969.
- Benson, Jackson J., ed. The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: Critical Essays. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1975.
- Reynolds, Michael S., ed. Critical Essays on Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.
- Smith, Paul. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989. On reserve.
- Strong, Amy. "Screaming Through Silence: The Violence of Race in 'Indian Camp' and 'The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife." Hemingway Review 16.1 (Fall 1996): 18-33. Available from
EBSCOhost here.
- Tanselle, G. Thomas. "Hemingway's 'Indian Camp.'" Explicator (February 1962): Item 53. Rpt. in Reynolds 144-45.
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Discussion starters
Tanselle reports that some critics say that Uncle George is the father of the baby born. What effect does this interpretation have on the meaning of the story?
Baker tells us that Hemingway deleted eight pages from the beginning of the story (125). This section explains how Dr. Adams, Uncle George and Nick came to be going together to the Indian camp. Why is this section unnecessary?
What is Hemingway's implicit portrayal of racial identity in this story and the next? |