| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | Early Merton Novel Published First Time | The accidental death of Thomas Merton last year represents a significant loss to contemporary | Forbes, Anthony |
Banner Nashville TN (25 July 1969). Anthony Forbes. Duplicate on item 23
| 1969 |
| 02 | 'Gestapo' in Merton cycle of war, peace | Thomas Merton's accidental death in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec 12, 1968, sent shock waves around the | Boardman, Anne Cawley |
Catholic Bulletin St. Paul Minn (25 September 1969) and Catholic Bulletin W. (26 September 1969). Anne Cawley Boardman
| 1969 |
| 03 | Merton Novel Reflects Views on Peace and War | In 1941, before Thomas Merton had quite made up his mind to join the Trappists, he wrote this "kind | Bale, Joy |
Courier Journal Louisville, KY (24 August 1969). Joy Bale. Duplicate copies on items 22 and 23
| 1969 |
| 04 | Posthumous Journal of Merton Written At St. Bonaventure | Usually it is a disservice to a writer's memory to publish his early unsold manuscripts. It does not | Brady, Charles A. |
Evening News Buffalo NY (26 July 1969). Charles A. Brady
| 1969 |
| 05 | Unkown Novel | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | |
Herald Everett Wash (2 August 1970). Also see 10, 15, 19, 21a, 21b, and 23b
| 1970 |
| 06 | A Bonus from Tom Merton | When Thomas Merton left the secular world to become a Trappist monk in December, 1941, he destroyed | Kurfman, Patricia |
Mississippi Register Jackson, Miss (1 August 1969); Green Bay Register Green Bay Wis (1 August 1969); Tennessee Register (1 August 1969); National Register (3 August 1969). Patricia Kurfman
| 1969 |
| 07 | My Argument with the Gestapo | Thomas Merton's only existing premonastic work, a novel entitled, My Argument with the Gestapo, has | Beasley, W. Congar, Jr. |
National Catholic Reporter [Kansas City, MO] 6 (1 October 1969): 19. W. Congar Beasley Jr.
| 1969 |
| 08 | War Tragedies Aired From Poet's Viewpoint | This novel was originally written in 1941, prior to Thomas Merton's entering Gethsemani, the | |
News Sentinel Fort Wayne IN (27 September 1969).
| 1969 |
| 09 | World War II as a Rorschach Test | More than a surprise, this book is an astonishment. Thomas Merton destroyed three of his unpublished | Leonard, John |
New York Times Book Review (10 July 1969): 39. John Leonard. 2 copies. Also see 13.
| 1969 |
| 10 | An Early Merton: An Unkown Novel | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | |
Patriot News PA (3 August 1967). John Leonard. Also see 05, 15, 19, 21a, 21b, and 23b
| 1969 |
| 11 | Merton's view on peace and war | It is as if this novel by the famous Trappist writer, Thomas Merton, had been buried in a time | |
Post Houston Texas (21 September 1969). Duplicate on item 24
| 1969 |
| 12 | My Argument with the Gestapo, by Thomas Merton | Written 28 years ago and published only after his death last December, this is the first premonastic | |
Reflector Greenville NC (1 January 1970). P.P.
| 1970 |
| 13 | Discrete, Demonic War Memories Recorded | More than a surprise, this book is an astonishment. Thomas Merton destroyed three of his unpublished | Leonard, John |
St Petersburg Times (20 July 1969). John Leonard. Also see 9.
| 1969 |
| 14 | A Valuable Merton Contribution | Thomas Merton's early novel, "My Argument With the Gestapo," now published for the first time, | Rohrbach, Peter T. |
Star Washington DC (24 August 1969). Peter T. Rohrbach
| 1969 |
| 15 | Thomas Merton Made Plans to Publish His Early Novel Before His Death | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | Smith, Miles A. |
Sun Jackson, TN (3 August 1969). Miles A. Smith. Also see 05, 10, 19, 21a, 21b, and 23b
| 1969 |
| 16 | My Argument with the Gestapo. By Thomas merton | This book was written shortly before the author entered the Trappist monastery at Gethesmane, | Schriver, Edward |
Telegram Portland ME (4 January 1970). Edward Schriver
| 1970 |
| 17 | My Argument with the Gestapo, by Thomas Merton | Written 28 years ago and published only after his death last December, this is the first premonastic | |
Times & News Leader San Mateo, CA (25 December 1969). Also see 22a
| 1969 |
| 18 | My Argument with the Gestapo: A Macaronic Journal | This freeform journal kept by Thomas Merton when he was 26, facing his own personal crisis ("trying | |
V Kirkus Bulletin (1 May 1970).
| 1970 |
| 19 | Thomas Merton Wrote Early, Unkown Novel | Now published for the first time this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before Merton | |
World Tulsa OK (30 August 1969). Also see 05, 10, 15, 21a, 21b, and 23b
| 1969 |
| 20a | Merton's Theme is Guilt | "I am still trying to find out: and that is why I write... I will keep putting things down until | Zingman, Barbara |
Louisville Times Louisville, KY (22 July 1969). Barbara Zingman. Duplicate on item 21
| 1969 |
| 20b | Thomas Merton's early novel | As unexpected as Thomas Merton's death, December 10 in Bangkok, comes a novel by the poet-monk and | Ott, James |
Enquirer Kentucky Edition Cincinnati, OH (10 July 1969). James Ott
| 1969 |
| 21a | merton's Early Talent | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | Smith, Miles A. |
Examiner San Francisco CA. (24 July 1969). Miles A. Smith. Also see 05, 10, 15, 19, 21b, and 23b
| 1969 |
| 21b | My Argument with the Gestapo | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | |
News - American Baltimore, MD. (25 July 1969). Also see 05, 10, 15, 19, 21a, and 23b
| 1969 |
| 22a | Novel by Merton | Written 28 years ago and published only after his death last December, this is the first premonastic | |
Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, KY (14 December 1969). Also see 17
| 1969 |
| 23a | War's Futility Serves as Monk's Novel Theme | The manuscript of Trappist Thomas Merton's only extant pre-monastic prose work was in the hands of | Wells, Susan M. |
Times-Picayune New Orleans, LA (10 august 1969). Susan M. Wells
| 1969 |
| 23b | Early Novel by Merton | Now published for the first time, this novel was written in the summer of 1941, shortly before | Smith, Miles A. |
Inquirer Philadelphia, PA (10 August 1969). Miles A. Smith Also see 05, 10, 15, 19, 21a, and 21b
| 1969 |
| 24 | 'Macaronic' Is the Word For Merton's Journal | Twenty-seven years before his tragic death in Bangkok, Thailand, Dec., 10, 1968, Thomas Merton | McGroarty, Joseph G. |
Tablet Brooklyn NY (4 September 1969). Father Joseph G. McGroarty
| 1969 |
| 25 | My Argument with the Gestapo | The other day I received a copy of a well-known portrait of Thomas Merton, taken a few years ago by | Stark, Philip M., SJ |
America 121 (16 August 1969): 102. Philip M. Stark
| 1969 |
| 26 | On the eve of conversion, a secular fantasy | At Thomas Merton's funeral last December a Methodist woman managed to take Holy Communion five times | Davenport, Guy |
Washington Post Book World (6 July 1969): 7. Guy Davenport
| 1969 |
| 27 | | Thomas Merton's early novel, written in his 20's, before he became a Trappist monk | |
Publishers Weekly 195 (28 April 1969): 67-68.
| 1969 |
| 28 | | In January 1968, Thomas Merton reflected that My Argument with the Gestapo: A Macaronic | Benestad, Thomas J. |
Best Sellers 35 (February 1976): 347.
| 1976 |
| 29 | | Written when the late Thomas Merton was in his twenties, this novel moves back and forth from the | |
Publishers Weekly (7 July 1969): 82.
| 1969 |
| 30 | Pre-Monastic Prose | Thomas Merton in his early twenties before | |
Durham Morning Herald (July 20, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 31 | | Not a particularly good novel as a novel, nevertheless there is a | Murray, James G. |
Long Island Catholic (July 17, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 32 | A Poet: Roaming and Reflecting | Thomas Merton's "Journal" was written in the summer | H. P. |
Austin American-Statesman (July 27, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 33 | | The late Thomas Merton wrote this autobiographical novel | |
Portland Oregonian (July 27, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 34 | Young Merton Book Published | Posthumously in "My Argument With the Gestapo" come this mark by which the scope | C. H. |
The Anniston Star (July 6, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 35 | | The late Merton's work, written before | |
Houston Chronicle (July 11, 1969).
| 1969. |
| 36 | | In the summer of 1941, Thomas Merton, an unknown, 26-year-old | McNally, Terrence J. |
St. Anthony Messenger 77 (November 1969): 58-59.
| 1969. |