The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien

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Literature Resource Center

This online database includes biographical and critical information about Tim O'Brien drawn from standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism . (SRJC User Name and PIN required for off-campus use.)

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Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried - Overviews, plot summaries, and criticism

Current Journal Articles about Tim O'Brien and his work.

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Books and Articles on Reserve for the WOLM

Several books and numerous articles about Tim O'Brien and The Things They Carried have been placed on reserve in the SRJC libraries for the WOLM project. Ask at the Reserve window in the Plover Library or at the Circulation Desk in the Mahoney Library.

Web Sites on Tim O'Brien and His Work

• New York Times articles on Tim O'Brien
• Tim O'Brien: An Introduction to His Work, by Ken Lopez
• Plausibility of Denial; Tim O'Brien, My Lai, and America, by H. Bruce Franklin.
• Tim O'Brien on the WWW (Scroll down the page for interviews and discussion of his work.)
• Google Search on Tim O'Brien and Vietnam
• Tim O'Brien, BoldType, an Online Literary Magazine, January 9, 2000. (Contains author interview)
• Literature of the Vietnam War

Web Sites on Vietnam and The Vietnam War

The Country   ||   The War   ||   Aftermath

The Country
• Vietnam: A Country Study (Library of Congress)
• Viet-Nam, My Native Country, Land of Dragons and Legends
• Viet Nam, by Chi D. Nguyen
• Viet Nam Webliography (Associated Colleges of the South)
• Vietnam (Britannica Online - SRJC users only)

The War
• Glossary of Military Terms and Slang from the Vietnam War
• The Vietnam Conflict: An Academic Portal for Education and Research
• Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
• Vietnam War (The History Channel)
• Vietnam: Echoes of War (CNN Special Report)
• Vietnam War (Britannica Online - SRJC users only)
• The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 (Vassar College students)
• Battlefield: Vietnam (PBS)
• The American Experience/Vietnam (PBS)
• Vietnam War Resource Guide
• Google search for women vietnam war
• Photographs of Vietnam and the Vietnam War: The Grunts
• The Fall of Saigon (New York Times special)
• The Napalm Bomb
• What Is Napalm?
• Napalm and Its Effects on Human Beings
• Librarians' Index to the Internet links on the Vietnam War.
• Google Search on "Vietnam War"
• Vietnam Era POW/MIA Database (Library of Congress)

Aftermath
• The Virtual Wall (Vietnam Veterans Memorial online - Post a remembrance; read a remembrance)
• Regret to Inform (American & Vietnamese widows)... filmmaker's site
• Country Joe McDonald, Veterans' Links
• Vietnam Veterans Home Page
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Vietnam Veterans: The Inner War
• The Experience of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Vietnam Veteran
• Grief Denied
• Re: Vietnam--Stories Since the War
• Duc, Thich Minh. "The Shadows of War and the Vietnamese in the United States."
• Vietnam-era Napalm Finally Headed to Disposal Site
• Frequently Asked Questions About Agent Orange
• Agent Orange
• Frequently Asked Questions About Agent Orange

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