
The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton
Michael Mott
#2619 of 3,809 books · #940 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1985).
A biography of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, tracing his life from his birth in France in 1915, through his years at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, to his death in Bangkok in 1968, and revealing details about his religious beliefs and challenges.
- Publisher
- Sheldon Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780859694827
- Genre
- Topics
- Thomas Merton's lifeMonastic and religious lifeTrappist spirituality
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(1985)
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