1967-03-20: Letter to Tony Boyd from Thomas Merton

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Title: 1967-03-20: Letter to Tony Boyd from Thomas Merton
Description: Tony Boyd was a seventh-grader writing from Ashland, Kentucky. He asked Merton for information about Kentucky music and facts. In Merton's reply, he expresses his appreciation for Kentucky, having spent half of his life in the state, and his fondness for country music and Johnny Cash (though Merton acknowledges that Cash is not from Kentucky). He writes also of Gethsemani Abbey, describing the buildings and their renovation, the Gregorian chant, and the work of the monks.
Creator: Thomas Merton See all items with this value
Date: 1967 March 20 See all items with this value
Identifier: Section A- Boyd, Tony: 1967/March/20
Language: English See all items with this value
Publisher: Published in: The Road to Joy.
Source: Thomas Merton Center Classification, Section A: Correspondence, "Boyd, Tony".
Subject: Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 See all items with this value
First Lines: First line: 'You are the first person who ever picked me out as an authority on music.' ...