Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Legend of Tucker Caliban, The. Review of A different drummer, by William Melvin Kelley.

Item 1 - BOOK REVIEW. A DIFFERENT DRUMMER, by William Melvin Kelley, Doubleday and Co., 1962, 223 pp.

First Lines:  This is something more than a brilliant first novel by a young Negro writer. It is a parable which

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963?

Number of pages:  8

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Review version.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 2 - The Legend of Tucker Caliban [published as "The Negro Revolt." Review of A DIFFERENT DRUMMER]

First Lines:  This book is something more than a brilliant first novel by a young Negro writer. It is a parable

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  2nd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963?

Number of pages:  8

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Review version - see also Sub-Section D.2 under this title for a version retyped with these corrections.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 3 - The Legend of Tucker Caliban [published under this title]

First Lines:  The deep elemental stirrings that lead to social change, begin within the hearts of men whose

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  3rd Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript carbon

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963?

Number of pages:  17

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Expanded version of Merton's thoughts on this subject.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6

Item 4 - The Legend of Tucker Caliban [published under this title]

First Lines:  The deep elemental stirrings that lead to social change, begin within the hearts of men whose

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  3rd Draft (variant)

Copy Type:  Xerograph of typescript

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963?

Number of pages:  12

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly the same as 17-page draft but with wider page margins. Transferred from Sub-Section D.5.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 6