The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of The Seven Storey Mountain exhibit

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The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of The Seven Storey Mountain exhibit

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  • 2023 (Creation)

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99 virtual representations of books

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(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.

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A digital exhibit bringing together many of the editions and reprints of The Seven Storey Mountain and foreign translations with scans and photographs of the cover art, dust jacket, cloth cover, spine, and first pages.

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