William Shannon has written this story of Thomas MertonÆs life Thomas Merton An Introduction. The paperbook has 199 pages of information about Merton and his life, writings and works. Thomas Merton An Introduction has chapters on the relevancy of Merton today, the themes of MertonÆs writings, a listing of his writings and a suggestion as to what to read first plus much other information. This book, Thomas Merton An Introduction, gives you a lot of information about Merton in one place and the library listing makes it easy to keep track of what you have and havenÆt read.