Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Cargas, Harry James, 1932-" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1966/February/14 (#02)

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Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Cargas, Harry James, 1932-"-->

# of pages:  2

Published in:  Witness to Freedom

First Lines:  "OK, a word about Thoreau since you ask. The only references to him in my writings are few"

Contents:  references to Thoreau by Merton - Conjectures, Sign of Jonas, mentioned "Thoreau and Emily Dickenson made me glad of being an American" in a letter to Mark Van Doren / not a Thoreau expert but living Walden-like existence at hermitage / Thoreau a "bridge builder between East and West"

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Cargas, Harry James, 1932-:"    1966/February/14 (#02)