1966-03-05 (#02), TALS[x] Appleton from Merton, 'You may certainly read the galleys of MYSTICS AND ZEN MASTERS when the publisher has'

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.