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.
Rights
© The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University. All rights reserved.
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.' ...