About the Author

Patrick Hart, OCSO, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in 1951 and served as secretary to Thomas Merton during the last year of his life. He has edited many books by and about Thomas Merton during the thirty-eight years since the latter's death on December 10, 1968. He has served on the board of directors for Cistercian Publications for the past thirty years.

Reviews

One of the more comprehensive and balanced books on Merton to appear lately. . . .The Louisville Courier-Journal

. . . It is not to be rushed, but read piece by piece, essay by essay, image by image.Highway