We are all poets here : Thomas Merton's 1968 journey to Alaska, a shared story about spiritual seeking

Tarr, Kathleen Witkowska (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781578336913
Physical Description: 400 pages, 16 numbered pages of plates (i-xxxi) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Publisher: Anchorage, AK. : VP&D House, Inc., 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 394-395).

Formatted Contents Note:

Alaska map -- Preface -- 1. The golden triangle -- 2. Migration to Alaska -- 3. Coming into Yakutat -- 4. Abyss of solitude -- 5. Spirit of the Tlingits -- 6. Mr. Pavlik & the silver chalice -- 7. The inner ordeal -- 8. Retreat to Kentucky -- 9. Solitary mountain -- 10. Burial at Ankau Lagoon -- 11. Merciful sea -- 12. Pasternak's tree -- 13. Prelude to Merton's Alaska journey -- 14. Igor and the Holy Mountain -- 15. Retracing Merton's journey, 1968 -- 16. The monk flies North -- 17. Merton's Alaska journal -- 18. Dillingham --- 19. The Russian icon -- 20. In the land of Old Russian America -- 21. The mad woman runs to the dark -- 22. Contemplations from a cabin -- 23. Ocean Cape -- Thomas Merton's 1968 Alaska iternary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Publisher's note.