Indian Camp/Annotated Bibliography

• Adair, William (Winter 1991). "A Source for Hemmingway's 'Indian Camp'". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 28 (1): 93-95. Nick Adams, the protagonist, was inspired to establish Indian Camp after observing a lady give birth during the Greco-Turkish War, according to the deleted epilogue to Hemmingway's "Big Two-Hearted River." Hemmingway had a similar experience, but the only similarities include that the husband was present, the birth was performed in a raw setting, and a terrified child was present. The two men have the same tale structure, but their scenarios are different. Nick wonders at the end of the story if death was difficult, much as Hemmingway contemplated suicide.

• Daiker, Donald A (Spring 2016). "In Defence of Hemingway's Doctor Adams: The Case for 'Indian Camp'". The Hemingway Review. 35 (2): 55–69. The story gives impression of Dr. Adam's as a man who cannot care for the women and just do his job. This journal article proves that Dr. Adam's save the life of Indian women and her baby by performing the operation as there is no other medical help available at that time, if he cannot do the operation the women and her baby die. Some readers blame Dr. Adam's for performing the operation as he didn't have any medical instrument's but at the end both mother and baby is fine and in noon a nurse arrives with all medical supplies. Dr. Adam's said, "her screams are not important" is a form of self-discipline which establish emotional distance between doctor and patient.

• Hays, Peter (2013). "Teaching 'Indian Camp'". In Hays, Peter (ed.). Fifty Years of Hemingway Criticism. Scarecrow Press. pp. 207–211. In the book the author has a chapter on "Indian Camp" where he explains that it is a story about lessons being learned and how a character has a growth experience. The character being Nick, a young boy whose father is Dr. Adams. Nick is brought along to witness the birth of a child in a barbaric way. Hays talks about the shock the boy went through and how that led to his growth experience at the end. The author also explores how the Indians were being treated during this time by the Americans and the state in which they were living. Furthermore, Hays brings to our attention the possibility of Uncle George being the father of the child and how he came to that conclusion. Hays walks the reader through the characters' actions and explains the true meaning behind the story, sharing details that can help the reader better understand the text.

• Tyler, Lisa (January 1, 2006). "Dangerous Families and Intimate Harm in Hemingway's 'Indian Camp'". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 48 (1): 18. “Indian Camp,” described as one of the best in the collection, dramatizes what appears to be Adams' first confrontation with profound personal suffering. In Our Time, Hemingway explores men's responses. Human and animal suffering, and especially women's suffering, affect their characters. The child who cannot separate cannot see another suffering and replaces attentive love with fantasy. Nick never has the chance to learn how to reciprocate, to see his mother’s suffering in a way that would have made her feel compassion for him.