o'brien, tim

Award-winning author Tim O'Brien offers a collection of essays he wrote to pass down to his two young sons over the course of fifteen years reflecting on family memories, offering advice for life, telling them about their parents, and expressing his love for them. Includes black-and-white photographs.

Provides background on the life of American novelist Tim O'Brien and his influences, features twenty-three articles that explore war in his novel "The Things They Carried," and examines issues of war in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Provides background information, discussion questions, vocabulary, and activities for teaching Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" in high school.

Explores how war and the military shaped the identities of Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien, three of the twentieth century's most respected authors.

A critical study of American writer Tim O'Brien's life and books, discussing his roles as son, soldier, and author; identifying the key themes that characterize his works; and analyzing six titles, each of which is directly or indirectly about the Vietnam War.

Presents a critical reading of the novels of writer Tim O'Brien, including a discussion of each of his books along with brief biographical information.